सनत्कुमार उवाच।। सप्त ते तपतां श्रेष्ठ स्वर्गे पितृगणास्स्मृताः ।। चत्वारो मूर्त्तिमंतो वै त्रयश्चैव ह्यमूर्तयः ।। १।।
Sanatkumāra said:— O foremost among the performers of penance, the Pitṛs in the heaven are seven in number. Four of them are embodied and three bodiless.