mata-pita ki seva ko sabse bari puja mana gaya hai. jo jivan rahte unki seva nahin kar pate, unke dehavsan ke bad bahut pachtate hain. isilie hindu dharm shastron men pitron ka uddhar karne ke lie putra ki anivaryata mani gai hai. raja bhagirath ne apne purvajon ke uddhar ke lie ganga ji ko svarg se dharti par la diya. janmadata mata-pita ko mrityoprant log vismrit n kar den islie unka shraddh karne ka vishesh vidhan bataya gaya hai. prastut hai pitri evan pitri paksh ke mahatva ki vishesh jankari- ekaikasya tilairmishranstrinstrin dadyajjalajjalin. yavajjivkritan papan tatkshanadev nashyati. arthat jo apne pitron ko tilmishrit jal se tin-tin anjliyan jal ki pradan karta hai, uske janm se tarpan ke din tak ke papon ka nash ho jata hai.
hamare hindu dharm darshan ke anusar jis prakar jiska janm hua hai, uski mrityu bhi nishchit hai usi prakar jiski mrityu hui hai uska janm bhi nishchit hai. aise kuch virle hi hote hain jinhane moksh ki prapti ho jati hai. pitripaksh men tin pirhiyon tak ke pita paksh ke tatha tin pidhiyon tak ke mata paksh ke purvajon ke lie tarpan kiya jata hai. inhin ko pitar kahte hain. divya pitri tarpan, dev tarpan, rishi tarpan aur divya manushya tarpan ke pashchat hi sva pitri tarpan kiya jata hai. bhadrapad purnima se ashvin krishnapaksh amavasya tak ke solah dinon ko pitripaksh kahte hain. jis tithi ko mata-pita ka dehant hota hai, usi tithi ko pitripaksh men unka shraddh kiya jata hai.
shastron ke anusar pitripaksh men apne pitron ke nimitt jo apni shakti samathrya ke anurup shastra vidhi se shraddhapurvak shraddh karta hai, uske sakal manorath siddh hote hain aur ghar, parivar, vyavsay tatha ajivika men hamesha unnati hoti hai. pitri dosh ke anek karan hote hain. parivar men kisi ki akal mrityu hone se, apne mata-pita adi sammanniya janon ka apman karne se, marne ke bad mata-pita ka uchit dhang se kriyakarm aur shraddh n karne se, unke nimitt varshik shraddh adi n karne se pitron ka dosh lagta hai. iske falasvarup parivar men ashanti, vansh vriddhi men rukavat, akasmik bimari, sankat, dhan men barakat n hona, sari sukh suvidhaen hote hue bhi man asantusht rahna adi pitri dosh ho sakte hain.
yadi parivar ke kisi sadasya ki akal mrityu hui ho, to pitri dosh ke nivaran ke lie shastriya vidhi ke anusar uski atm shanti ke lie kisi pavitra tirth sthan par shraddh karvaen. apne mata-pita tatha anya jyeshth janon ka apman n karen. prativarsh pitripaksh men apne purvajon ka shraddh, tarpan avashya karen. yadi in sabhi kriyaon ko karne ke pashchat pitri dosh se mukti n hoti ho to aisi sthiti men kisi suyogya karmanishth vidvan brahman se shrimad bhagavat puran ki katha karvaen. vaise shrimad bhagavat puran ki katha koi bhi shraddhalu purush apne pitron ki atm shanti ke lie karva sakta hai. isse vishesh punya fal ki prapti hoti hai.