Vayu Purana · Chapter 13

bṛhaspatiruvāca//
pālāśaṃ brahmavarcasyamaśvatthe rājyabhāvanā/
sarvabhūtādhipatyaṃ ca plakṣe nityamudāhṛtam

puṣṭikāmaṃ ca nyagrodhaṃ buddhiṃ prajñāṃ dhṛtiṃ smṛtim/
rakṣoghnaṃ ca yaśasyaṃ ca kāśmaryyaṃ pātramucyate

saubhāgyamuttamaṃ loke madhuke samudāhṛtam/
phalgupātre ca kurvāṇaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

parā dyutiratho karttuḥ prākāśyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
bilve lakṣmīstathā medhā nityamāyuṣyameva ca

kṣetrārāmataḍāgeṣu sarvasasyeṣu caiva hi/
varṣedajasraṃ parjanyo veṇupātreṣu kurvvataḥ

eteṣveva supātreṣu ye caivāgrayaṇaṃ daduḥ/
sakṛdapyatra yajñānāṃ sarveṣāṃ phalamucyate

pitṛbhyo yastu mālyāni sugandhīni ca sarvaśaḥ /
sadā dadyācchriyā yuktaḥ sa vibhāti divākaraḥ

guggulādīṃstathā dhūpān pitṛbhyo yaḥ prayacchati/
saṃyuktānmadhusarpirbhyāṃ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

dhūpaṃ gandhaguṇopetaṃ kāntaṃ pitṛparāyaṇam/
labhate strīṣvapatyāni iha cāmutra cobhayoḥ/
dadyādeva pitṛbhyastu nityameva hyatandritaḥ

dīpaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ prayataḥ sadā yastu prayacchati/
sa loke'pratimaṃ cakṣuḥ sadā ca labhate śūbham

tejasā yaśamā caiva kāntyā caiva balena ca/
bhuvi prakāśo bhavati bhrājate ca triviṣṭape/
apsarobhiḥ parivṛto vimānāgre sa modate

gandhānpuṣpāṇi dhūpāṃśca dadyādājyādutīśca vai/
phalamūlanamaskāraiḥ pidṝṇāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ/
pūrva kṛtvā dvijānpaśvātpūjayedannasampadā

śrāddhakāle tu satataṃ vāyubhūtāḥ pitāmahāḥ/
āviśanti dvijāndṛṣṭvā tasmādetadbravīmi te

vastrairannaiḥ pradānaistairbhakṣyapeyaistathaiva ca/
gobhiraśvaistathā grāmaiḥ pūjayitvā dvijottamān

bhavanti pitaraḥ prītāḥ pūjiteṣu dvijātiṣu/
tasmādannena vidhivat pūjayeddvijasattamān

savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ kuryyādullekhanaṃ dvijaḥ/
prokṣaṇañca tathā kuryācchrāddhakarmmaṇyatandritaḥ

darbhānpiṇḍāṃstathā bhakṣyānpuṣpāṇi vividhāni ca/
gandhadānamalaṅkāramekaikaṃ nirvapedvudhaḥ

poṣayitvā janaṃ samyagvaiśvaḥ syāduttaro dvijaḥ/
abhyaṅga darbhapiñjālaistribhiḥ kuryādyathāvidhi

apasavyaṃ pitṛbhyaśca dadyādannamanuttamam/
tamuccāryyātha sarveṣāṃ vastrārthaṃ sūtrameva ca

khaṇḍanaṃ poṣaṇaṃ caiva tathaivollekhanaṃ tathā/
sakṛdeva hi devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ tribhirucyate

ekaṃ pavitraṃ hastena pitṝnsarvānsakṛtsakṛt/
cailamantreṇa piṇḍebhyo dattvā darśanajaṃ hitam

sadā sarpistilairyuktāṃ strīn piṇḍānnirvapedbhuvi/
jānuṃ kṛtvā tathā savyaṃ bhūmau pitṛparāyaṇaḥ

pitṝn pitāmahāṃścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahān/
āhūya ca pitṝn prāñcān pitṛtīrthena yatnataḥ/
piṇḍānparikṣipetsamyagapasavyamatandritaḥ

annenādbhiśca puṣpaiśca bhakṣyaiścaiva pṛthagvidhaiḥ/
pṛthag mātāmahānāntu kecidicchanti mānavāḥ

trīn piṇḍānānupūrvvyeṇa sāṅguṣṭhānpuṣṭivarddhanān /
jānvantarābhyāṃ yatnena piṇḍān dadyādyathākramam

savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dharme mantre ca paryyayaḥ/
namo vaḥ pitaraḥ sūkṣmaiḥ sadā hyevamatandritaḥ

dakṣiṇasyāntu pāṇibhyāṃ prathamaṃ piṇḍamutsṛjet/
namo vaḥ pitaraḥ saumyāḥ paṭhannityamatandritaḥ

savyottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ dharme sarvvamatandritaḥ/
ulūkhalasya lekhāyā mudapātrācca sevanam

kṣaumasūtraṃ navaṃ dadyācchoṇaṃ kārpāsikaṃ tathā/
patrorṇaṃ pitṛsūtrañca kauśeyaṃ parivarjayet

varjayettaddaśāṃ yajñe yadapyahatavastrajām/
na prīṇanti tathaitāni dāturāpyāyato bhavet

śreṣṭhamāhustrikakudamañjanaṃ nityameva ca/
kṛṣṇebhyaśca tilebhyaśca yattailaṃ parirakṣitam

candanāguruṇī cobhe tamālośīrapajhakam/
dhūpaṃ ca guggulaśreṣṭhaṃ turuṣkaṃ dhūpameva ca

śuklāḥ sumanasaḥ śreṣṭhāstathā pajhotpalāni ca/
gandhavantyupapannāni yāni cānyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ

javāsumanaso bhaṇḍīrūpakāmakuraṇḍakāḥ/
puṣpāṇi varjanīyāni śrāddhakarmaṇi nityaśaḥ

yāni gandhādapetāni upagandhīni yāni ca/
varjanīyāni puṣpāṇi bhūtimanvicchatā tadā

dvijātayastathānviṣṭhā niyatāḥ syurudaṅmukhāḥ/
pūjayedyajamānastu vidhivaddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

teṣāmabhimukho dadyāddarbhānpiṇḍāṃśca yatnataḥ/
anena vidhinā sākṣādarccayet svān pitāmahān

haritā vai sapiñjalyāḥ puṣpasnigdhāḥ samāhitāḥ/
ratnimātrapradānena pitṛtīrthena saṃsthitāḥ

upamūle tathā nīlāḥ prastarādyakulodyamāḥ /
tathā śmāmākanīvārā durvārāḥ samudāhṛtāḥ

pūrvvaṃkīrttitavāñchreṣṭho babhūvātha prajāpatiḥ /
tasya vālā nipatitā bhūmau cākāśamārgataḥ

tasmānmedhyā samākāśāḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi pūjitāḥ /
piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ teṣu karttavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā

prajāpuṣṭirdyutiḥ kīrttiḥ prajākāntisamanvitā/
bhavanti rucirā nityaṃ vipāpmāno'ghavarjitāḥ

sakṛdevāstareddarbhān piṇḍārthaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ/
prāgdakṣiṇāgraniyato vidhiñcāpyanuvakṣyati

na dīno vāpi vā kruddho na caivānyamanā naraḥ/
ekāgramādhāya manaḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryyātsadā budhaḥ

nihanmi sarvvaṃ yadamedhyavadbhaved hatāśca sarvve suradānavā mayā/
rakṣāṃsi yakṣāśca piśācasaṅghā hatā mayā yātudhānāśca sarvve

evaṃ pitre dṛṣṭamannaṃ hi yasya tasyāsurā varjayantīha sarvve/
yasmindeśe paṭhyate eṣa mantrastaṃ vai deśaṃ rākṣasā varjayanti

anena vidhinā nityaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryyāddvijaḥ sadā/
manasā kāṅkṣitaṃ yadyattattaddadyuḥ pitāmahāḥ

pitaro hṛṣṭamanaso rakṣāṃsi vimanāṃsi ca/
bhavantyeva kṛte śrāddhe nityameva prayatnataḥ

śūdrāḥ śrāddhe kṣīravāśu balvajāstaravastathā/
vāraṇāśca lavāścaiva lavavarṣāśca nityaśaḥ/
evamādīnyathānyāni tṛṇāni parivarjayet

añjanābhyañjanāgandhāmānupralayanaṃ tathā /
kāśaiḥ punarbhavaiḥ kāryyaṃ sarvvameva phalaṃ bhavet

kāśāḥ punarbhavā ye ca barhaṇā upabarhaṇāḥ/
atha te pitaro devā devāśca pitaraḥ punaḥ

puṣpagandhādidhūpānāmeṣa mantra udāhṛtaḥ/
āhṛtya dakṣiṇāyāntu homārthe viprayatnataḥ

somāya vai pitṛmate svadhā aṅgirase namaḥ/
asvargyaṃ laukikaṃ vāpi juhuyātkarmmasiddhaye

antarādhāya samidhaṃ tathā homo vidhīyate//
samāhitena manasā prayatāgniḥ prayatnataḥ

agnaye kavyavāhāya svadhā aṅgirase namaḥ/
yamāya caivāṅgirase svadhā nama iti bruvan

ityete vai homamantrā mantrāṇāmanu pūrvvaśaḥ/
dakṣiṇāto'gnaye nityaṃ somāyāntaratastathā

etayorantaraṃ nityaṃ juhuyādvai vivasvate/
upacāraṃ svadhākāraṃ tathaivollekhanañca yat

homajapye namaskāraḥ prokṣaṇañca viśeṣataḥ/
añjanābhyañjane caiva piṇḍasaṃvapanaṃ tathā

aśvamedhaphalenaiva tatsmṛtaṃ mantrapūrvvakam/
kriyāḥ sarvvā yatho ddiṣṭāḥ prayatnena samācaret

bahuhavyatvamevāgnau susamiddhe viśeṣataḥ/
vidhūme lelihāne ca hotavyaṃ karmasiddhaye

aprabuddhe sadhūme ca juhuyādyo hutāśane/
yajamāno bhavedandhaḥ so'putra iti naḥ śrutam

alpendhano vā rūkṣo vā visphuliṅgaśca sarvvaśaḥ /
jvālā dhūmopasevyaśca sa tu vahnirna siddhaye

durgandhaścaiva nīlaśca kṛṣṇaścaiva viśeṣataḥ/
bhūmiṃ vigāhate yatra tatra vidyātparābhavam

arciṣmān piṇḍitaśikhaḥ sarpiḥkāñcanasambhavaḥ/
snigdhaḥ pradakṣiṇaścaiva vahniḥ syātkāryyasiddhaye

naranārīgaṇebhyaśca pūjāṃ prāpnoti śāśvatīm/
akṣayāḥ pūjitāstena bhavanti pitaro'vyayāḥ

sthālyudumbarapātrāṇi phalāni samidhastathā/
śrāddhe cātipavitrāṇi medhyānīti viśeṣataḥ

pavitraṃ vā dvijaśreṣṭha śuddhaye janmakarmmasu/
pātreṣu phalamuddiṣṭaṃ yanmayā śrāddhakarmaṇi

tadeva kṛtsnaṃ vijñeyaṃ samitsu ca yathākramam/
kṛtvā samāhitaṃ cittamagraye vai karomyaham

anujñātaḥ kuruṣveti tathaiva dvijasattamaiḥ/
patnīmādāya putrāṃśca juhuyāddhavyavāhanam

samānaplakṣanyagrodhaplakṣāśvatthavikaṅkatāḥ/
udumbarāstathā bilvacandanā yajñiyāśca te

saralo devadāruśca śālaśca khadirastathā/
samidarthaṃ praśastāḥ syurete vṛkṣā viśeṣataḥ

grāmyāḥ kamṭakinaścaiva yajñiyā yena kena ca/
pūjitāḥ samidarthe tu pitṝṇāṃ vacanaṃ tathā

samidbhiḥ kalkaleyābhirjjuhuyādyo hutāśanam /
phalaṃ yat karmaṇastasya tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu

āyasaṃ sarvvakāmīyamaśvamedhaphalaṃ hi tat/
śleṣmātako naktamālaḥ kapitthaḥ śālmalistathā

nīpo vibhī takaścaiva vallībhiśca tathaiva ca/
śakunānāṃ nivāsaśca varjayecca mahīruhān/
ayajñīyāḥ smṛtā ye ca vṛkṣāṃścaiva tu varjayet

svadheti caiva mantrānte pitṝṇāṃ vacanaṃ tathā/
svāheti caiva devānāṃ yajñakarmaṇyudāhṛtam

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpo nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ