The father is the giver of all articles of enjoyment, of all articles of food, of instructions in the Vedas, and of all other knowledge of the world. The father is the performer of such rites as Garbhadhana (the ceremony for the attainment of puberty by the wife), and Simantonnayana the ceremony performed by the husband in the fourth, sixth, or eighth, month of gestation.
भोग्ये भोज्ये प्रवचने सर्वलोकनिदर्शने। भर्चा चैव समायोगे सीमन्तोन्नयने तथा॥