Vayu Purana · Chapter 14

//sūta uvāca/
devāśca pitaraścaiva tebhyo'nye pitarastathā/
ātharvaṇavidhirhyeṣa pratyuvāca bṛhaspatiḥ

pūjayecca pitṛn pūrvvaṃ devāścāpi viśeṣataḥ/
devebhyo'pi pitṛn pūrvamarcayantīha yatnataḥ

dakṣasya duhitā khyātā loke viśveti nāmataḥ/
vidhinā sā tu dharmmajña dattā dharmmāya dharmmataḥ/
tasyāḥ putrā mahātmāno viśvedevā iti śrutiḥ

prakhyātāstriṣu lokeṣu sarvvalokanamaskṛtāḥ/
samastāste mahātmānaśverurugraṃ mahattapaḥ

himavacchikhare ramye devagandharvasevite/
sarvvāpsarobhiścaritaṃ devagandharvvasevitam

śuddhena manasā prītāḥ pitarastānathābruvan/
varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ prītāḥsma kaṃ kāmaṃ karavāmahe

evamukte tu pitṛbhistadā trailokyabhāvanaḥ/
prajānāmadhipo brahmā viśavānitīdamabravīt

//brahmovāca//
mahātejā mahādevastapasā taistu tāpitaḥ/
tapasā tena suprītaḥ kaṃ kāmaṃ vidadhāmi vaḥ

evamuktāstadā viśve brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā/
ūcuste sahitāḥ sarvve brahmāṇaṃ lokabhāvinam

śrāddhe'smākaṃ bhavedaṃśo hyeṣa naḥ kāṃkṣito varaḥ /
pratyuvāca tato brahmā tānvai tridivapūjitān

bhaviṣyatyevameveti kāṃkṣito vo varastu yaḥ/
pitṛbhistu tathetyuktvā evametanna saṃśayaḥ

sahāsmābhistu vo bhāvyaṃ yatkiñcit kriyate tviha/
asmākaṃ kalpite śrāddhe yuṣmānagrāsanaṃ ha vai

bhaviṣyati manuṣyeṣu satyametadbravīmi te/
mālyairgandhaistathānnena yuṣmānagrerjayiṣyati

pradātā ceti yuṣmākamasmākaṃ dāsyate tataḥ/
visarjanamathāsmākaṃ pūrvvaṃ paścāttu devatāḥ

rakṣaṇañcaiva śrāddhasya ātithyañca vidhidvayam/
bhūtānāṃ devatānāñca pitṝṇāṃ śrāddha karmaṇi/
evaṃ vidhikṛtaḥ samyak sarvvametadbhaviṣyati

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ brahmā pitṛgaṇaiḥ saha//
bhūtānugrahakṛddevaḥ sañcacāra yathāsukham

vede pañca mahāyajñā narāṇāṃ samudāhṛtāḥ /
etānpañca mahāyajñānnirvapetsatataṃ naraḥ

yatra yāsyanti dātāraḥ saṃsthānaṃ vai nibhodhata/
nirbhayaṃ nirahaṅkāraṃ niḥśokaṃ nirvyathaklamam/
brahmasthānamavāpnoti sarvakāmapuraskṛtam

śūdreṇāpi prakarttavyāḥ pañcaite mantravarjitāḥ/
ato'nyathā tu yo bhuṅkte sa ṛṇaṃ nityamaśnute

ṛṇañca bhuṅkte pāpātmā yaḥ pacedātmakāraṇāt/
tasmānnirvarttayetpañca mahāyajñānsadā budhaḥ

naivedyaṃ kecidicchanti jīvatyapi prayatnataḥ/
udakpūrvvaṃ baliṃ kuryādudakumbhaṃ tathaiva ca

baliṃ suviditaṃ kuryāduccāduccataraṃ kṣipet /
paraśrṛṅgagavāṃ pūrvva baliṃ sūkṣmaṃ samutkṣipet

na vinedyo bhavet piṇḍaḥ pitṝṇāṃ yastu jīvati/
iṣṭenānnena bhakṣyaiśca bhojayeta yathāvidhi/
vidhānaṃ vedavihitametadvakṣyāmi yatnataḥ

devadevā mahātmāno hyetepi pitaro hyuta/
icchanti kiñcidācāryyāḥ paścāt piṇḍanivedanam

pūjanañcaiva viprāṇāṃ sarvvameva hi nityaśaḥ/
taddhi dharmārthakuśalānityuvāca bṛhaspatiḥ

pūrvvaṃ nivedayetpiṇḍaṃ paścādviprāṃśca bhojayet/
yogātmāno mahātmānaḥ pitaro yoga sambhavāḥ/
somamāpyāyayantyete pitaro yogamāsthitāḥ

tasmāddadyāc‌chuciḥ piṇḍān yogibhyastatparāyaṇaḥ /
pitṝṇāṃ hi bhavedetatsākṣādiva hutaṃ haviḥ

brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrebhyo yogī cāgrāsane yadi/
yajamānañca bhoktṝṃśca naurivāmbhasi tārayet

asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāñcaiva vimānanā/
daṇḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati tāruṇaḥ

hitvāgamaṃ sadharmāṇaṃ bāliśaṃ yatra bhojayet/
ādikarma samutsṛjya dātā tatra vinaśyati

piṇḍamagnau sadā dadyādbhogārthī tu prayatnataḥ /
prajārthī pata (tna)ye dadyānmadhyamaṃ tatra pūrvakam

uttamāṃ dyutimanvicchan goṣu nityaṃ prayacchati/
prajñāṃ pūjāṃ yaśaḥ kīrttiṃ goṣu nityaṃ prayacchati

prārthayandīrghamāyuśca vāyasebhyaḥ prayacchati/
saukumāryamathānvicchan kukkuṭebhyaḥ prayacchati

evametatsamuddiṣṭaṃ piṇḍanirvapaṇāt phalam/
ākāśaṃ śamayedvāpi sthitau sudakṣiṇāmukhaḥ/
pitṝṇāṃ sthānamākāśaṃ dakṣiṇā caiva digbhavet

ekaṃ viprāḥ punaḥ prāhuḥ piṇḍoddharaṇamagrataḥ/
anujñāte tu tairviprairvānamudviyatāmiti

puṣpāṇāṃ caphalānāṃ ca bhakṣyāṇāmannatastathā/
agramuddhṛtya sarveṣāṃ juhuyājjātavedasi

bhakṣyamannaṃ tathā peyamanuttamaphalāni ca/
hutvā cāgnau tataḥ piṇḍānnirvapeddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

snigdhairbhakṣyaiḥ sugandhaiśca tarpayeta rasaistathā/
ekāgraḥ paryupāsīta prayataḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ/
tatparaḥ śraddadhānaśca kāmānāpnoti mānavaḥ

akṣudratvaṃ kṛtajñatvaṃ dākṣiṇyaṃ satkṛtañca yat/
tato yajñañca dānañca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ

ataḥ paraṃ vidhiṃ saumyaṃ bhuktavatsu dvijātiṣu/
ānupūrvyeṇa vidhinā tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu

prokṣya bhūmimathoddhṛtya pūrvaṃ pitṛparāyaṇaḥ/
tato'tra vikiraṃ kuryāt vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

svadhāṃ vācya tato viprā vidhivadbhūri dakṣiṇān/
annaśeṣamanujñāpya satkṛtya dvijasattamān /
prāñjaliḥ prayataścaiva anugamya visarjayet

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpo nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ