छायायां करिणः श्राद्धं तत्कर्म परिवीजितम्।
दशकल्पायुतानीह न क्षीयेत युधिष्ठिर॥३-२०३-१२१॥
महाभारते वनपर्वणि त्रयोत्तरद्विशततमेऽध्याये
निर्णयसिन्धौ—
आषाढ्याः पञ्चमे पक्षे गया मध्याष्टमी स्मृता।
त्रयोदशी गजच्छाया गयातुल्या तु पैतृके॥
yOga, for doing Pitru Shraddha during Mahalaya Paksham. A man that performs a sraddha in the conjunction called Gajacchaya at a place that is fanned by the leaves of the Aswattha tree enjoys the fruits thereof, O Yudhishthira, for a hundred thousand kalpas.Names
- Sanskrit
- गजच्छाया-योगः