Kṛmi (Country)

Kṛmi

Kṛmi has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kṛmi.

Kṛmi is a land named in the Brahma Purāṇa among the places where śrāddha, the rite for the pitṛs (ancestors), must not be performed.

A land unfit for śrāddha

Asked by the munis to tell the śrāddha-kalpa in detail, to whom and when it is to be offered, Vyāsa first teaches where it should be done. The chief places for śrāddha are the tīrthas beginning with Pushkara, the puṇya-kshetras, mountain peaks, holy rivers, lakes, the confluences of rivers and the sea shore; one’s own house smeared with cow-dung, the roots of divine trees and pools fit for yajña are also praised.

Śrāddha must not be performed in the Kirāta lands, in Kaliṅga, in Koṅkaṇa, in Kṛmi, in Daśārṇa, in the Kumārya land, in the land named Taṅgaṇa, in the land named Kratha, on the north shore of the sea (the north bank of the Sindhu), on the south bank of the Narmadā, or in the land east of the river Karatoyā.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220