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Things proper to be offered as food to deceased ancestors; prohibited things - Verse 20

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 16.20

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Sanskrit Original

गौरीं वाप्य उद्वहेत कन्यां नीलं वा वृषम उत्सृजेत यजेत वाश्वमेधेन विधिवद दक्षिणावता ।।

gaurīṃ vāpy udvahet kanyāṃ nīlaṃ vā vṛṣam utsṛjet yajeta vāśvamedhena vidhivad dakṣiṇāvatā ||

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One should marry a girl or abandon a blue bull, and perform the Ashvamedha sacrifice with the proper offering.