VISHNU PURANA. - BOOK
III. CHAP. XIV.
CHAP. XIV.--Of
occasional S'raddhas, or obsequial ceremonies: when most efficacious, and at
what places.
CHAP. XIV.
Of occasional
S'raddhas, or obsequial ceremonies: when most efficacious, and at what places.
AURVA
proceeded.--"Let the devout performer of an ancestral oblation propitiate
Brahma, Indra, Rudra, the As'wins, the sun, fire, the Vasus, the winds, the
Vis'wadevas, the sages, birds, men, animals, reptiles, progenitors, and all
existent things, by offering adoration to them monthly, on the fifteenth day of
the moon's wane (or dark fortnight), or on the eighth day of the same period in
certain months, or at particular seasons, as I will explain.
"When a
householder finds that any circumstance has occurred, or a distinguished guest
has arrived, on which account ancestral ceremonies are appropriate, the should
celebrate them. He should offer a voluntary sacrifice upon any atmospheric
portent, at the equinoctial and solstitial periods, at eclipses of the sun and
moon, on the sun's entrance into a zodiacal sign, upon unpropitious aspects of
the planets and asterisms, on dreaming unlucky dreams, and on eating the grain
of the year's harvest. The Pitris derive satisfaction for eight years from
ancestral offerings upon the day of new moon when the star of the conjunction
is Anuradha, Vis'akha, or Swati; and for twelve years when it is Pushya, Ardra,
or Punarvasu. It is not easy for a man to effect his object, who is desirous of
worshipping the Pitris or the gods on a day of new moon when the stars are
those of Dhanishtha, Purvabhadrapada, or S'atabhisha. Hear also an account of
another class of Sraddhas, which afford especial contentment to progenitors, as
explained by Sanatkumara, the son of Brahma, to the magnanimous Pururavas, when
full of faith and devotion to the Pitris he inquired how he might please them.
The third lunar day of the month Vais'akha (April, May), and the ninth of
Kartika (October, November), in the light fortnight; the thirteenth of Nabha
(July, August), and the fifteenth of Magha (January, February), in the dark fortnight;
are called by ancient teachers the anniversaries of the first day of a Yuga, or
age (Yugadya), and are esteemed most sacred. On these days, water mixed with
sesamum-seeds should be regularly presented to the progenitors of mankind; as
well as on every solar and lunar eclipse; on the eighth lunations of the dark
fortnights of Agrahayana, Magha, and Phalguna (December--February); on the two
days commencing the solstices, when the nights and days alternately begin to
diminish; on those days which are the anniversaries of the beginning of the
Manwantaras; when the sun is in the path of the goat; and on all occurrences of
meteoric phenomena. A S'raddha at these seasons contents the Pitris for a
thousand years: such is the secret which they have imparted. The fifteenth day
of the dark half of the month Magha, when united with the conjunction of the
asterism over which Varuna presides (Satabhisha), is a season of no little
sanctity, when offerings are especially grateful to the progenitors. Food and
water presented by men who are of respectable families, when the asterism
Dhanishtha is combined with the day of new moon, content the Pitris for ten
thousand years; whilst they repose for a whole age when satisfied by offerings
made on the day of new moon when Ardra is the lunar mansion.
"He who, after
having offered food and libations to the Pitris, bathes in the Ganges, Satlaj,
Vipas'a (Beyah), Saraswati, or the Gomati at Naimisha, expiates all his sins.
The Pitris also say, 'After having received satisfaction for a twelvemonth, we
shall further derive gratification by libations offered by our descendants at
some place of pilgrimage, at the end of the dark fortnight of Magha.' The songs
of the Pitris confer purity of heart, integrity of wealth, prosperous seasons,
perfect rites, and devout faith; all that men can desire. Hear the verses that
constitute those songs, by listening to which all those advantages will be
secured, oh prince, by you. 'That enlightened individual who begrudges not his
wealth, but presents us with cakes, shall be born in a distinguished family.
Prosperous and affluent shall that man ever be, who in honour of us gives to
the Brahmans, if he is wealthy, jewels, clothes, land, conveyances, wealth, or
any valuable presents; or who, with faith and humility, entertains them with
food, according to his means, at proper seasons. If he cannot afford to give
them dressed food, he must, in proportion to his ability, present them with
unboiled grain, or such gifts, however trifling, as he can bestow. Should he be
utterly unable even to do this, he must give to some eminent Brahman, bowing at
the same time before him, sesamum-seeds adhering to the tips of his fingers,
and sprinkle water to us, from the palms of his hands, upon the ground; or he
must gather, as he may, fodder for a day, and give it to a cow; by which he
will, if firm in faith, yield us satisfaction. If nothing of this kind is
practicable, he must go to a forest, and lift up his arms to the sun and other
regents of the spheres, and say aloud--I have no money, nor property, nor
grain, nor any thing whatever it for an ancestral offering. Bowing therefore to
my ancestors, I hope the progenitors will be satisfied with these arms tossed
up in the air in devotion.' These are the words of the Pitris themselves; and
he who endeavours, with such means as he may possess, to fulfil their wishes,
performs the ancestral rite called a S'raddha."
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. XIII.
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. XII.
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. XI.
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. X
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. IX
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. VIII
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. VII.
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. VI
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. V
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III. CHAP. IV
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III.- CHAP. III
VISHNU
PURANA. - BOOK III.- CHAP. II.
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