Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.20

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ekonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
atha śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ prāpya kāryaṃ dvijottamaiḥ /
piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ bhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradam

piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ śrāddhaṃ kṣīṇe rājani śasyate /
aparāhne dvijātīnāṃ praśastenāmiṣeṇa ca

pratipatprabhṛti hyanyāstithayaḥ kṛṣṇapakṣake /
caturdaśīṃ varjayitvā praśastā hyuttarottarāḥ

amāvāsyāṣṭakāstistraḥ pauṣamāsādiṣu triṣu /
tistraścānvaṣṭakāḥ puṇyā māghī pañcadaśī tathā

trayodaśī maghāyuktā varṣāsu tu viśeṣataḥ /
śasyāpākaśrāddhakālā nityāḥ proktā dine dine

naimittikaṃ tu kartavyaṃ grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ /
bāndhavānāṃ ca maraṇe nārakī syādato 'nyathā

kāmyāni caiva śrāddhāni śasyānte grahaṇādiṣu /
ayane viṣuve caiva vyatīpāte 'pyanantakam

saṃkrāntyamakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathā janmadineṣvapi /
nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu kāryaṃ kāmyaṃ viśeṣataḥ

svargaṃ ca labhate kṛtvā kṛttikāsu dvijottamaḥ /
apatyamatha rohiṇyāṃ saumye tu brahmavarcasam

raudrāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ siddhimārdrāyāṃ śauryameva ca /
punarvasau tathā bhūmiṃ śriyaṃ puṣye tathaiva ca

sarvān kāmāṃstathā sārpe pitrye saubhāgyameva ca /
aryamṇe tu dhanaṃ vindyāt phālgunyāṃ pāpanāśanam

jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ tathā haste citrāyāṃ ca bahūn sutān /
vāṇijyasiddhiṃ svātau tu viśākhāsu suvarṇakam

maitre bahūni mitrāṇi rājyaṃ śākre tathaiva ca /
mūle kṛṣiṃ labhed yānasiddhimāpye samudrataḥ

sarvān kāmān vaiśvadeve śraiṣṭhyaṃ tu śravaṇe punaḥ /
śraviṣṭhāyāṃ tathā kāmān vāruṇe ca paraṃ balam

ajaikapāde kupyaṃ syādahirbudhne gṛhaṃ śubham /
revatyāṃ bahavo gāvo hyaśvinyāṃ turagāṃstathā /
yāmye 'tha jīvanaṃ tat syādyadi śrāddhaṃ prayacchati

ādityavāre tvārogyaṃ candre saubhāgyameva ca /
kauje sarvatra vijayaṃ sarvān kāmān budhasya tu

vidyāmabhīṣṭā jīve tu dhanaṃ vai bhārgave punaḥ /
śamaiśvare labhedāyuḥ pratipatsu sutān śubhān

kanyakāṃ vai dvitīyāyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ tu vandinaḥ /
paśūnkṣudrāṃścaturthyāṃ tu pañcamyāṃśobhanān sutān

ṣaṣṭyāṃ dyūtaṃ kṛṣiṃ cāpi saptamyāṃ labhate naraḥ /
aṣṭamyāmapi vāṇijyaṃ labhate śrāddhadaḥ sadā

syānnavamyāmekakhuraṃ daśamyāṃ dvikhuraṃ bahu /
ekādaśyāṃ tathā rūpyaṃ brahmavarcasvinaḥ sutān

dvādaśyāṃ jātarūpaṃ ca rajataṃ kupyameva ca /
jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ tu kruprajāḥ /
pañcadaśyāṃ sarvakāmānāpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā

tasmācchrāddhaṃ na kartavyaṃ caturdaśyāṃ dvijātibhiḥ /
śastreṇa tu hatānāṃ vai tatra śrāddhaṃ prakalpayet

dravyabrāhmaṇasaṃpattau na kālaniyamaḥ kṛtaḥ /
tasmād bhogāpavargārthaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryurdvijātayaḥ

karmārambheṣu sarveṣu kuryādābhyudayaṃ punaḥ /
putrajanmādiṣu śrāddhaṃ pārvaṇaṃ parvaṇi smṛtam

ahanyahani nityaṃ syāt kāmyaṃ naimittikaṃ punaḥ /
ekoddiṣṭādi vijñeyaṃ vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ tu pārvaṇam

etat pañcavidhaṃ śrāddhaṃ manunā parikīrtitam /
yātrāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhamākhyātaṃ tatprayatnena pālayet

śuddhaye saptamaṃ śrāddhaṃ brahmaṇā paribhāṣitam /
daivikaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ śrāddhaṃ yatkṛtvā mucyate bhayāt

saṃdhyārātryorna kartavyaṃ rāhoranyatra darśanāt /
deśānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa bhavet puṇyamanantakam

gaṅgāyāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ prayāge 'marakaṇṭake /
gāyanti pitaro gāthāṃ kīrtayanti manīṣiṇaḥ

eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrāḥ śīlavanto guṇānvitāḥ /
teṣāṃ tu samavetānāṃ yadyeko 'pi gāyāṃ vrajet

gayāṃ prāpyānuṣaṅgeṇa yadi śrāddhaṃ samācaret /
tāritāḥ pitarastena sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

varāhaparvate caiva gaṅgāyāṃ vai viśeṣataḥ /
vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yatra devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ

gaṅgādvāre prabhāse ca bilvake nīlaparvate /
kurukṣetre ca kubjāmre bhṛgutuṅge mahālaye

kedāre phalgutīrthe ca naimiṣāraṇya eva ca /
sarasvatyāṃ viśeṣeṇa puṣkareṣu viśeṣataḥ

narmadāyāṃ kuśāvarte śrīśaile bhadrakarṇake /
vetravatyāṃ vipāśāyāṃ godāvaryāṃ viśeṣataḥ

evamādiṣu cānyeṣu tīrtheṣu pulineṣu ca /
nadīnāṃ caiva tīreṣu tuṣyanti pitaraḥ sadā

vrīhibhiśca yavairmāṣairadbhirmūlaphalena vā /
śyāmākaiśca yavaiḥ śākairnovāraiśca priyaṅgubhiḥ /
gaudhūmaiśca tilairmudgairmāsaṃ prīṇayate pitṝn

āmrān pāne ratānikṣūn mṛdvīkāṃśca sadāḍimān /
vidāryāśca bharaṇḍāśca śrāddhakāle prādapayet

lājān madhuyutān dadyāt saktūn śarkarayā saha /
dadyācchrāddhe prayatnena śṛṅgāṭakakaśerukān

dvau māsau matsyamāṃsena trīn māsān hāriṇenatu /
aurabhreṇātha caturaḥ śākuneneha pañca tu

ṣaṇmāsāṃśchāgamāṃsena pārṣatenātha sapta vai /
aṣṭāveṇasya māṃsena rauraveṇa navaiva tu

daśamāsāṃstu tṛpyanti varāhamahiṣāmiṣaiḥ /
śaśakūrmaryormāṃsena māsānekādaśaiva tu

saṃvatsaraṃ tu gavyena payasā pāyasena tu /
vārdhroṇasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī

kālaśākaṃ mahāśalkaṃ khaṅgalohāmiṣaṃ madhu /
ānantyāyaiva kalpante munyannāni ca sarvaśaḥ

krītvā labdhvā svayaṃ vātha mṛtānāhṛtya vā dvijaḥ /
dadyācchrāddhe prayatnena tadasyākṣayamucyate

pippalīṃ kramukaṃ caiva tathā caiva masūrakam /
kūṣmāṇḍālābuvārtākān bhūstṛṇaṃ surasaṃ tathā

kusumbhapiṇḍamūlaṃ vai tandulīyakameva ca /
rājamāṣāṃstathā kṣīraṃ māhiṣaṃ ca vivarjayet

kodravān kovidārāṃścapālakyān maricāṃstathā /
varjayet sarvayatnena śrāddhakāle dvijottamaḥ