Offering rice-cake (piṇḍa) to the Manes (Pitāmahas) - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 11 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
तस्य पुष्टिस्तथैश्वर्यमायुः संततिरेव च। दिवि च भ्राजतेलक्ष्म्या मोक्षं च लभते क्रमात।।
tasya puṣṭistathaiśvaryamāyuḥ saṃtatireva ca| divi ca bhrājatelakṣmyā mokṣaṃ ca labhate kramāt||
Bṛhaspaṭi Said:: (Partially defective text). One shall establish those pits with sides of four Aṅgulas on the Amāvāsyā (new moon) day. The Yajñas should be twenty-one in number. Then the three worlds can be held by them (?). The performer shall attain nourishment, prosperity, longevity and perpetuation of his line. He shines brilliantly on account of his glory and he gradually attains salvation. A worship carried out by the Brāhmaṇas after due consecration removes sins. It is holy and sanctifying. It yields the fruit akin to that of a horse-sacrifice. The performer shall obtain the benefit of a horse-sacrifice.