Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.22

kuru tvam preta-krityāni

pituh pūtasya sarvaśah

mad-ańga-sparśanenāńga

lokān yāsyati suprajāh

SYNONYMS

kuru — perform; tvam — you; preta-krityāni — the ritualistic ceremony performed after death; pituh — of your father; pūtasya — already purified; sarvaśah — in all respects; mat-ańga — My body; sparśanena — by touching; ańga — My dear child; lokān — to planets; yāsyati — he will be elevated; su-prajāh — to become a devotee-citizen.

TRANSLATION

My dear child, your father has already been purified just by the touch of My body at the time of his death. Nonetheless, the duty of a son is to perform the śrāddha ritualistic ceremony after his father's death so that his father may be promoted to a planetary system where he may become a good citizen and devotee.

PURPORT

In this regard, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that although Hiranyakaśipu was already purified, he had to take birth on a higher planetary system to become a devotee again. Prahlāda Mahārāja was advised to perform the ritualistic ceremony as a matter of etiquette, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead under no circumstances wants to stop the regulative principles. Madhva Muni also instructs:

madhu-kaitabhau bhakty-abhāvā

dūrau bhagavato mritau

tama eva kramād āptau

bhaktyā ced yo harim yayau

When the demons Madhu and Kaitabha were killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, their kinsmen also observed the ritualistic ceremonies so that these demons could return home, back to Godhead.

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