Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 20

VaP 2 20.1

बृहस्पतिरुवाच।। यमस्तु यानि श्राद्धानि प्रोवाच शश(शिव)बिन्दवे। तानि मे श्रृणु कार्त्स्न्येन नक्षत्रेषु पृथक् पृथक्

bṛhaspatiruvāca|| yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśa(śiva)bindave| tāni me śrṛṇu kārtsnyena nakṣatreṣu pṛthak pṛthak

Bṛhaspati said: Hear from me in full the śrāddhas which Yama declared to Śaśabindu (Śivabindu), each separately according to the lunar mansions.

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VaP 2 20.2

श्राद्धं यः कृत्तिकायोगे करोति सततं नरः। अग्नीनाधाय सापत्यो जायते स गतज्वरः

śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kṛttikāyoge karoti satataṃ naraḥ| agnīnādhāya sāpatyo jāyate sa gatajvaraḥ

The man who constantly performs śrāddha in conjunction with Kṛttikā, having set up the (sacred) fires, becomes possessed of offspring and free of fever.

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VaP 2 20.3

अपत्यकामो रोहिण्यां सौम्येनौजस्विता भवेत् । प्रायशः क्रूरकर्म्मा तु चार्द्रायां श्राद्धमाचरेत्

apatyakāmo rohiṇyāṃ saumyenaujasvitā bhavet | prāyaśaḥ krūrakarmmā tu cārdrāyāṃ śrāddhamācaret

One who desires offspring (should perform it) on Rohiṇī; by Saumya (Mṛgaśiras) one becomes full of vigour; but a man of mostly cruel deeds should perform the śrāddha on Ārdrā.

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VaP 2 20.4

क्षेत्रभागी भवेत् पुत्री श्राद्धं कुर्व्वन् पुनर्व्वसौ। धनधान्यसमाकीर्णः पुत्रपौत्रसमाकुलः

kṣetrabhāgī bhavet putrī śrāddhaṃ kurvvan punarvvasau| dhanadhānyasamākīrṇaḥ putrapautrasamākulaḥ

One performing śrāddha on Punarvasu becomes a sharer of land and possessed of sons, filled with wealth and grain and thronged with sons and grandsons.

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VaP 2 20.5

तुष्टिकामः पुनस्तिष्ये श्राद्धं कुर्वीत मानवः। आश्लेषासु पितॄनार्च्य वीरान् पुत्रानवाप्नुयात्

tuṣṭikāmaḥ punastiṣye śrāddhaṃ kurvīta mānavaḥ| āśleṣāsu pitṝnārcya vīrān putrānavāpnuyāt

Again, a man desiring contentment should perform the śrāddha on Tiṣya; honouring the fathers on Āśleṣā he would obtain heroic sons.

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VaP 2 20.6

श्रेष्ठो भवति ज्ञातीनां मघासु श्राद्धमाचरन्। फल्गुनीषु पितॄनार्च्य सौभाग्यं लभते नरः

śreṣṭho bhavati jñātīnāṃ maghāsu śrāddhamācaran| phalgunīṣu pitṝnārcya saubhāgyaṃ labhate naraḥ

Performing the śrāddha on the Maghās he becomes the foremost of his kinsmen; honouring the fathers on the Phalgunīs a man obtains good fortune.

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VaP 2 20.7

प्रधानशीलः सापत्य उत्तरासु करोति यः। स सत्सु मुख्यो भवति हस्ते यस्तर्पयेत्पितॄन्

pradhānaśīlaḥ sāpatya uttarāsu karoti yaḥ| sa satsu mukhyo bhavati haste yastarpayetpitṝn

He who performs it on the Uttarā(-phalgunī) becomes of foremost character and possessed of offspring; he who satisfies the fathers on Hasta becomes chief among the good.

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VaP 2 20.8

चित्रायां चैव यः कुर्यात् पश्येद्रूपवतः सुतान्। स्वातिना चैव यः कुर्याद्विद्वाँल्लाभमवाप्नुयात्

citrāyāṃ caiva yaḥ kuryāt paśyedrūpavataḥ sutān| svātinā caiva yaḥ kuryādvidvā~llābhamavāpnuyāt

And he who performs (the śrāddha) under Citrā will see handsome sons; and he who performs it under Svātī, being learned, will obtain gain.

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VaP 2 20.9

पुत्रार्थन्तु विशाखासु श्राद्धमीहेत मानवः। अनुराधासु कुर्व्वाणो नरश्चक्रं प्रवर्त्तयेत्

putrārthantu viśākhāsu śrāddhamīheta mānavaḥ| anurādhāsu kurvvāṇo naraścakraṃ pravarttayet

But a man should undertake the śrāddha under the Viśākhās for the sake of a son; performing it under the Anurādhās, a man sets the wheel (of sovereignty) rolling.

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VaP 2 20.10

आधिपत्यं लभेच्छ्रैष्ठ्यं ज्येष्ठायां सततं तु यः। मूलेनारोग्यमिच्छन्ति आषाढासु महद्यशः

ādhipatyaṃ labhecchraiṣṭhyaṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ satataṃ tu yaḥ| mūlenārogyamicchanti āṣāḍhāsu mahadyaśaḥ

He who does so constantly under Jyeṣṭhā obtains overlordship and pre-eminence; with Mūla they desire freedom from disease, and under the Āṣāḍhās great fame.

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VaP 2 20.11

आषाढाभिश्चोत्तराभिर्वीतशोको भवेन्नरः। श्रवणायां सुलोकेषु प्राप्रुयात् परमां गतिम्

āṣāḍhābhiścottarābhirvītaśoko bhavennaraḥ| śravaṇāyāṃ sulokeṣu prāpruyāt paramāṃ gatim

And by the latter Āṣāḍhās a man becomes free from sorrow; under Śravaṇā he would attain the highest course among the good worlds.

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VaP 2 20.12

राज्यभाग्वै धनिष्ठासु प्राप्नुयाद्विपुलं धनम्। श्राद्धं त्वभिजिता कुर्वन् विन्दतेऽजाविकं फलम्

rājyabhāgvai dhaniṣṭhāsu prāpnuyādvipulaṃ dhanam| śrāddhaṃ tvabhijitā kurvan vindate'jāvikaṃ phalam

Under the Dhaniṣṭhās he becomes a sharer in kingship and would obtain abundant wealth; but performing the śrāddha under Abhijit he gains the fruit of goats and sheep.

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VaP 2 20.13

नक्षत्रे वारुणे कुर्व्वन् भिषक्सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्। पूर्व्वे प्रोष्ठपदे कुर्व्वन् विन्दतेऽजाविकं फलम्

nakṣatre vāruṇe kurvvan bhiṣaksiddhimavāpnuyāt| pūrvve proṣṭhapade kurvvan vindate'jāvikaṃ phalam

Performing it under the constellation of Varuṇa (Śatabhiṣaj) he would attain success as a physician; performing it under the earlier Proṣṭhapada he gains the fruit of goats and sheep.

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VaP 2 20.14

उत्तरास्वनतिक्रम्य विन्देद्घा वै सहस्रशः। बहुरूपकृतं द्रव्यं विन्देत् कुर्व्वंस्तु रेवतीम्। अश्वांश्चैवाश्विनीयुक्तो भरण्यामायुरुत्तमम्

uttarāsvanatikramya vindedghā vai sahasraśaḥ| bahurūpakṛtaṃ dravyaṃ vindet kurvvaṃstu revatīm| aśvāṃścaivāśvinīyukto bharaṇyāmāyuruttamam

Without omitting (it) under the latter (Proṣṭhapadas) he would obtain cows by the thousand; but performing it under Revatī he obtains goods wrought in many forms; and joined with Aśvinī, horses, and under Bharaṇī, the highest length of life.

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VaP 2 20.15

इमं श्राद्धविधिं कुर्व्वञ्छशबिन्दुर्महीमिमाम्। कृत्स्नां तु लेभे स कृत्स्नां लब्धा च प्रशशंस तम्

imaṃ śrāddhavidhiṃ kurvvañchaśabindurmahīmimām| kṛtsnāṃ tu lebhe sa kṛtsnāṃ labdhā ca praśaśaṃsa tam

Performing this rule of śrāddha, Śaśabindu obtained this whole earth; and having obtained it whole, he praised it (the rite).

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