Bhishma said Listen to me, O kine, as I tell you how the Shraddha was introduced, the time of such introduction, the essence of the rite, and the ascetic who conceived it.
भीष्म उवाच यथा श्राद्धं सम्प्रवृत्तं यस्मिन् काले यदात्मकम्। येन संकल्पितं चैव तन्मे शृणु जनाधिप॥