Vayu Purana · Chapter 12

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sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ pitṝṇāṃ pātramucyate/
rajataṃ rajatāktaṃ vā pitṝṇāṃ pātramucyate

rajatasya tathā cāpi darśanaṃ dānameva ca/
anantamakṣayaṃ svargyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dānamucyate/
pitṝnetena dānena satputrāstārayantyuta

rājate hi svadhā dugdhā pātre'sminpitṛbhiḥ purā/
svadhādāyārthibhistāta tasmindatte tadakṣayam

kṛṣṇājinasya sānnidhyaṃ darśanaṃ dānameva vā/
rakṣoghnaṃ brahmavarccasyaṃ pitṝṃstattadvitārayet

kāñcanaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ dauhitraṃ kutapastilāḥ/
vastrañca pāvanīyāni tridaṇḍo yogameva ca

śrāddhakarmaṇyayaṃ śreṣṭho vidhirbrāhyaḥ sanātanaḥ/
āyuḥ kīrttiḥ prajāścaiva prajñāsantativarddhanaḥ

diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ vidikūsthānaṃ viśeṣataḥ/
sarvatoratnimātrantu caturasraṃ susaṃhitam

vakṣyāmi vidhivatsthānaṃ pitṝṇāmanuśāsanāt/
dhanyamārogyamāyuṣyaṃ balavarṇavivarddhanam

tatra garttāstrayaḥ kāryyāstrayo daṇḍāśca khādirāḥ/
ratnimātrāstu te kāryyā rajatena vibhūṣitāḥ/
tevitastyāyatāḥ kāryyāḥ sarvvataścaturaṅgulāḥ

prāgdakṣiṇamukhānbhūmau sthitānasuṣiraṃstathā/
adbhiḥ pavitrapūtābhiḥ plāvayetsatataṃ śuciḥ

payasā hyājagavyena śodhanaṃ vāgbhireva tu/
tarpaṇātsatataṃ hyevaṃ tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī

iha cāmutra ca śrīmānsarvakarmasamanvitaḥ/
evaṃ triṣavaṇasnāto yo'rcayeta pitṝnsadā /
mantreṇa vidhivatsamyagaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

tatsthāpayedamāvāsyāṃ gartte bhūcaturaṅgule /
triḥsaptasaṃjñāste yajñāstrailokyaṃ dhāryyate tu vai

tasya puṣṭirathaiśvaryyamāyuḥ santatireva ca/
vicitrā bhajate lakṣmīrmokṣaṃ ca labhate kramāt

pāpmāpahaṃ pāvanīyamaśvamedhaphalaṃ tathā/
aśvamedhaphalaṃ hyetaddvijaiḥ satkṛtya pūjitam/
mantraṃ vakṣyāmyahaṃ tasmādamṛtaṃ brahmanirmitam

devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyogibhya eva ca/
namaḥ svadhāyai svāhāyai nityameva bhavantyuta

ādyāvasāne śrāddhasya trirāvarttaṃ japetsadā/
piṇḍanirvapaṇe caiva japedetatsamāhitaḥ/
pitaraḥ kṣipramāyānti rākṣasāḥ pradravanti ca

pitṝṃstatrtriṣu lokeṣu mantro'yaṃ tārayatyuta/
paṭhyamānaḥ sadā śrāddhe niyataṃ brah‌mavādibhiḥ

rājyakāmo japedenaṃ sadā mantramatandritaḥ/
vīryyaśaucārthasattvañca śrīrāyurbalavarddhanam

prīyante pitaro yena japyena niyamena ca/
saptārcciṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham

amūrtānāṃ samūrtānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīpta tejasām/
namasyāmi sadā tebhyo dhyānibhyo yogacakṣuṣā

indrādīnāṃ janayitāro bhṛgumārīcayostathā/
saptarṣīṇāṃ pitṝṇāñca tānnamasyāmi kāmadān

manvādīnāṃ sureśānāṃ sūryyācandramasostathā/
tānnamaskṛtya sarvānvai pitṝnkuśaladāyakān

nakṣatrāṇāṃ carādīnāṃ pitṝnatha pitāmahān/
dyāvāpṛthivyośca tathā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ

devarṣīṇāñjanayitṝṃśca sarvalokanamaskṛtān/
abhayasya sadā dātṝnnamasye'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ

prajā pateḥ kaśyapāya somāya varuṇāya ca/
yogayogeśvarebhyaśca namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ

pitṛgaṇebhyaḥ saptabhyo namo lokeṣu saptasu/
svayambhuve namaścaiva brahmaṇe yogacakṣuṣe

etaduktaṃ sasaptarṣibrahmarṣigaṇapūjitam /
pavitraṃ paramaṃ hyetacchrīmadrakṣovināśanam

anena vidhinā yuktastrīnvarān labhate naraḥ/
annamāyuḥ sutāṃścaiva dadate pitaro bhuvi

bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ/
saptārcciṣaṃ japedyastu nityameva samāhitaḥ/
saptadvīpasamudrāyāṃ pṛthivyāmekarāḍbhavet

yatkiṃcitpacyate gehe bhakṣyaṃ vā bhojyameva ca/
anivedya na bhoktavyaṃ tasminnāyatane sadā

kramaśaḥ kīrttayiṣyāmi balipātrāṇyataḥ param/
yeṣu yacca phalaṃ proktaṃ tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpo nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ