SRaaDH`DH
THE ETERNAL AND EVERGREEN
EXPRESSION OF
CONTINUITY & GRATEFULNESS
IN CREATION

The sacredness of
 water offering to piTRuo

dharma-raajaa alias yam-dev (god of death) says in naarad puran slok 1.14.94 this about water as the great purifier:

"Waters are said to be groups of devo. Waters also constitute the groups of pitruo. Hence water should be offered by one who wishes the kalyaan (welfare) of pitruo.

Water is heated by the rays of surya (sun) during the day time. During night time water is made pavitra (sanctified) by the rays of the stars and the winds. During dusk and dawn the water is made pavitra by both the rays of surya and stars and winds. Therefore, waters are always pavitra (sacred).

Water is always pure by nature and if its pollution through contact with impure things is beyond one's ken. Water is always pavitra (sacred) whether it is in a pot of on the ground.

It is in water that bali or uphaar (oblations) of water should be offered to the devo and pirtuo. 

At the time of SshraaDdh and hom or yagna one shall offer bali or uphaar (libation) of water with one hand." 

(SRii chmpklaal Daajibhaai miisTRii, the compiler of the above GNaan, convey pranaam to our guru Dr. G. V. Tagore from whose English translation of the sanskrit naarad puraan we have been blessed with the above knowledge of how SRaaDH`DH  offering to our pitruo is to be done ......the above slok has been expanded with explanatory prose to make our learning and understanding easier...also explanatory prose in included in brackets to give backgrounder ved knowledge to provide supplementary explanation for increasing the depth of our knowledge of life sciences......) 

.......om namah brhmah....
....our guru brhmah..
.....om tat sat....om shaanti shaanti....

Posted: September 2002