Editing Pitri (section)

== Legends ==
The legend of [[Aurva]] from the [[Mahabharata]] features the sage's pitrs appearing before him to request him to cease his [[Tapas (Indian religions)|penance]], which produces the [[Vadavagni]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-01-28 |title=Story of Aurva |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/compilation/puranic-encyclopaedia/d/doc241427.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref> 

A legend from the [[Devi-Bhagavata Purana|Devi Bhagavata Purana]] narrates that the sage [[Jaratkaru]] was once travelling through the forest, when he came across his pitrs, hanging over a precipice at the end of a blade of grass. When enquiring regarding their state, the pitrs told Jaratkaru that they experienced this condition due to the latter's childlessness, which resulted in them not being to enter Svarga. To save his pitrs from their ordeal, the sage married [[Manasa]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&dq=forefathers+pitrs+encyclopedia&pg=PA94 |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |pages=94 |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Brahmanda Purana]] narrates the episode of [[Pururavas]] propitiating his pitrs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2019-06-19 |title=Meeting of Purūravas and Pitṛs [Chapter 28] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-brahmanda-purana/d/doc362846.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref>

A legend from the [[Skanda Purana]] explains the origin of the [[Śrāddha|Shraddha]] ritual, stating that not offering these rites to one's ancestors during the [[amavasya]] (new moon day) will lead to one's pitrs suffering from hunger and thirst.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2021-01-18 |title=Origin of Śrāddha [Chapter 216] |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc502195.html |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref>

The legend of [[Bhagiratha]] features the king performing arduous penances to [[Ganga (goddess)|Ganga]] and [[Shiva]], to free his ancestors from [[Patala]], where they had been destroyed by [[Kapila]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaswani |first=J. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePNvEAAAQBAJ&dq=bhagiratha+ganga+forefathers&pg=PT119 |title=Stories with a difference from the Bhagavata Purana |date=2019-06-20 |publisher=Gita Publishing House |isbn=978-93-86004-23-9 |pages=119 |language=en}}</ref>