Varaha Purana

रक्षोघ्नमन्त्रपाठांश्च श्रावयीत विचक्षणः

The wise should recite mantras for warding off evil spirits.

उत्तरीयासनं दत्त्वा पिण्डप्रश्नं तु कारयेत्

After giving an upper garment and a seat, one should perform the piṇḍa inquiry.

पिण्डदानं प्रकुर्वीत पित्रादित्रितये तथा

One should offer piṇḍas to the three generations, beginning with the father.

ब्राह्मणस्य च हस्ते तु दद्यादक्षय्यमात्मवान्

And one should give, with self-control, into the hand of a brāhmaṇa, that which is inexhaustible.

पिण्डास्त्रयस्तु वसुधे यावत्तिष्ठन्ति भूतले

As long as the three balls of rice remain on the earth,

उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा दद्याच्छान्त्युदकानि च १९०.

Having purified himself by touching water and becoming clean, he should offer the waters of appeasement.

वैष्णवी काश्यपी चेति अक्षया चेति नामतः

The waters are known by the names Vaiṣṇavī, Kāśyapī, and Akṣayā.

तृतीयमुदके दद्याच्छ्राद्धे एवं विधिः स्मृतः

He should offer the third water at the śrāddha; thus is the rite declared.

एवं दत्तेन तुष्यन्ति पितृदेवा न संशयः

By such giving, the ancestors and the gods are satisfied—of this there is no doubt.

ज्ञानोत्तमेषु विप्रेषु दद्याच्छ्राद्धं विधानतः

One should offer the śrāddha according to rule to brāhmaṇas who are excellent in knowledge.

मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं यः श्राद्धं कुरुते द्विजः

If a twice-born performs śrāddha lacking in mantras or proper rites,

उद्धरेद्यदि पात्रं तु ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानवर्जितः

Or if a brāhmaṇa devoid of knowledge lifts the vessel,

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पितृकार्यमनुत्तमम्

Thus, O blessed one, I have described to you the unsurpassed rite for the ancestors.

अपरं चापि वसुधे किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

And now, O Earth, what else do you wish to hear?

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे श्राद्धपितृयज्ञनिश्चयो नाम नवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and ninetieth chapter, entitled 'The Determination of the Śrāddha and Ancestor Rite,' in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.

अथ मधुपर्कोत्पत्तिदानसंकरणप्रकरणम् एवं श्रुत्वा बहून्धर्मान् धर्मशास्त्रविनिश्चयात्

Now, the section on the origin, offering, and mixing of madhuparka: Having thus heard many dharmas, ascertained from the treatises on dharma,

धरण्युवाच श्रुतं सुबहुशश्चैव तृप्तिर्मम न विद्यते

The Earth said: Though I have heard much and often, I am not yet satisfied.

ममैवानुग्रहार्थाय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि

For my own benefit, you should speak the secret.

कानि द्रव्याणि कस्मै च देयानीति वदस्व मे

Tell me, what substances are to be given, and to whom?

वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्

The Lord, in the form of Varāha, replied to the Earth.

श्रीवराह उवाच उत्पत्तिश्चैव दानं च सर्वो यस्य च हीयते

Śrī Varāha said: The origin and the offering, and whatever is diminished thereby—

अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम्

I, along with Brahma and Rudra, bring about the dissolution of the world.

ततो भूमे दक्षिणाङ्गात्पुरुषो मे विनिःसृतः

Then, from the southern part of my body, a person emerged, O Earth.

तत्र पप्रच्छ मां ब्रह्मा मम गात्राद्विनिःसृतः

There, Brahma, who had arisen from my body, questioned me.

सरहश्च लघुर्देव एतत्तव न युज्यते 191.

O god, this is subtle and light; it does not suit you.

एवं च मे समुत्पन्नः सर्वकर्मसु निष्ठितः

Thus, he was born from me, established in all actions.

मयात्र संशितं ब्रह्मन् रुद्रे चापि समासतः

Here, O Brahman, I have resolved this, and likewise for Rudra.

उद्भवं मधुपर्क्कस्य आत्मसम्भवनिश्चयम्

The origin of the madhuparka and the certainty of its self-born nature.

मधुपर्केण किं कार्यमेतदाचक्ष्व निष्कलम्

What is to be done with the madhuparka? Tell me this, without omission.