Garuda Purana

कृत्वा त्रिषवणं स्नानं पिण्डं चान्द्रायणं चरेत् 105.

Having bathed three times a day, one should perform the cāndrāyaṇa penance with piṇḍa offerings.

अनादिष्टेषु पापेषु शुद्धिश्चान्द्रायणेन तु 105.

For sins not specifically enjoined, purification is indeed by the cāndrāyaṇa penance.

कृच्छ्रकृद्धर्मकामस्तु महतीं श्रियमश्नुते ॥ 105.

One who performs the kṛcchra penance, desiring righteousness, attains great prosperity.

इति श्रागारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे याज्ञवल्क्योक्तप्रायश्चित्तविवेको नाम पञ्चोत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred and fifth chapter, named 'The discernment of expiation as spoken by Yājñavalkya,' in the section on conduct, in the first part of the great Purāṇa called Śrī Garuḍa.

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । प्रेता (त) शौचं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुध्वं यतव्रताः । ऊनद्विवर्षं निखनेन्न कुर्यादु दकं ततः ॥ १,१०६.

Yājñavalkya said: I will explain the purification rites for the dead; listen, you who are devoted to vows. For one who is less than two years old, one should not perform burial or water-offerings.

आ श्मशानादनुव्रज्य इतरैर्ज्ञातिभिर्युतः । यमसूक्तं तथा जप्यं जपद्भिर्लौकिकाग्निना ॥ १,१०६.

Accompanied by other relatives, following from the cremation ground, the Yama hymn should be recited by those who chant, using ordinary fire.

स दग्धव्य उपेतश्चैदाहिताग्न्यावृतार्थवत् । सप्तमाद्दशमाद्वापि ज्ञातयोऽभ्युपयान्त्यपः ॥ १,१०६.

He should be cremated, and if he was initiated or had sacred fires, with proper rites; on the seventh or tenth day, the relatives approach the water.

अपनः शोशुचदघमनेन पितृदिङ्मुखाः । एवं मातामहाचार्यपत्नीनां चोदकक्रियाः ॥ १,१०६.

The ancestors grieve because of this sin, facing the direction of the fathers; likewise, the water-rites are to be performed for maternal grandfathers, teachers, and their wives.

कामोदकाः पुत्रसखिस्वस्त्रीयश्वशुरर्त्विजः । नामगोत्रेण ह्युदकं सकृत्सिञ्चन्ति वाग्यताः ॥ १,१०६.

Sons, friends, wives, fathers-in-law, and officiating priests, desiring to offer water, pour it once, reciting the name and lineage, with controlled speech.

पाषण्डपतितानां तु न कुर्युरुदकक्रियाः । नब्रह्मचारिणो व्रात्या योषितः कामगास्तथा ॥ १,१०६.

But for heretics and the fallen, water-rites should not be performed; nor for those who are not celibate, outcastes, women, or those who follow desire.

सुराप्यस्त्वात्मघातिन्यो नाशौचोदकभाजनाः । ततो न रोदितव्यं हि त्वनित्या जीवसं स्थितिः ॥ १,१०६.

Those who drink liquor and those who commit suicide are not fit for purification or water-rites; therefore, one should not mourn, for the existence of life is impermanent.

क्रिया कार्या यथाशक्ति ततो गच्छेद्गृहान्प्रति । विदश्य निम्बपत्राणि नियता द्वारि वेश्मनः ॥ १,१०६.

One should perform the rites according to one's ability, then return home; placing neem leaves at the doorway of the house as prescribed.

आचम्याथाग्निमुदकं गोमयं गौरसर्षपान् । प्रविशेयुः समालभ्य कृत्वाश्मनि पदं शनैः ॥ १,१०६.

After rinsing the mouth, and touching fire, water, cow dung, cow's urine, and mustard seeds, one should enter, having touched a stone, slowly stepping inside.

प्रवेशनादिकं कर्म प्रेतसंस्पर्शनादपि । ईक्षतां तत्क्षणाच्छुद्धिः परेषां स्नानसंयमात् ॥ १,१०६.

The acts of entering and related actions, even after touching the deceased, bring purification at that moment for others, through bathing and restraint.

क्रीतलब्धाशना भूमौ स्वपेयुस्ते पृथक्पृथक् । पिण्डयज्ञकृता देयं प्रेतायान्नं दिनत्रयम् ॥ १,१०६.

Those who have obtained food by purchase should sleep separately on the ground; food offered for the departed, prepared for the rice-ball sacrifice, should be given for three days.

जलमेकाहमाकाशे स्थाप्यं क्षीरं तु मृन्मये । वैतानोपासनाः कार्याः क्रियाश्च श्रुतिचोदिताः ॥ १,१०६.

Water should be placed in the open for one day, and milk in an earthen vessel; Vaitāna worships should be performed, as well as rites prescribed by the scriptures.

आदन्तजन्मनः सद्यः आचूडं नैशिकी स्मृता । त्रिरात्रमा व्रतादेशाद्दशरात्रमतः परम् ॥ १,१०६.

For one born with teeth, immediate purification is prescribed; for the tonsure, the night-time impurity is remembered; according to the rule, three nights, then ten nights thereafter.

त्रिरात्रं दशरात्रं वा शावमाशौचमुच्यते । ऊनद्विवर्ष उभयोः सूतकं मातुरेव हि ॥ १,१०६.

Three nights or ten nights are called the impurity due to death; for those under two years, both birth and death impurity belong only to the mother.

अन्तरा जन्ममरणे शेषाहोभिर्विशुध्यति । दश द्वादश वर्णानां तथा पञ्चदशैव च ॥ १,१०६.

Between birth and death, purification occurs by the remaining days; ten, twelve, and likewise fifteen days for the different classes.

त्रिंशद्दिनानि च तथा भवति प्रेतसूतकम् । अहस्त्वदत्तकन्यासु बालेषु च विशोधनम् ॥ १,१०६.

Thirty days is the period of impurity for the death of infants; for girls given in marriage without ceremony and for children, purification is prescribed.

गुर्वन्तेवास्यनूचानमातुलश्रोत्रियेषु च । अनौरसेषु पुत्रेषु भार्यास्वन्यगतासु च ॥ १,१०६.

For teachers, disciples, maternal uncles, and learned Brahmins, for sons not born of the wife, and for wives who have gone elsewhere.

निवासराजनि तथा तदहः शुद्धिकार(ण)म् । हतानां नृपगोविप्रैरन्वक्षं चात्मघातिनाम् ॥ १,१०६.

On the day of residence or kingship, purification occurs; for those killed by kings, cows, or Brahmins, and immediately for suicides.

विषाद्यैश्च हतानां च नाशौचं पृथिवीपतेः । सत्रिव्रतिब्रह्मचारिदातृब्रह्मविदां तथा ॥ १,१०६.

For those killed by poison and similar causes, there is no impurity, O lord of the earth; nor for those who are sacrificers, vow-keepers, celibates, donors, or knowers of Brahman.

दाने विवाहे यज्ञे च संग्रामे देशविप्लवे । आपद्यपि च कष्टायां सद्यः शौचं विधीयते ॥ १,१०६.

At gifts, marriages, sacrifices, battles, or when the land is in turmoil, and even in times of great distress, immediate purification is prescribed.

कालोऽग्निः कर्ममृद्वायुर्मनो ज्ञानं तपो जपः (लम्) । पश्चात्ताषो निराहारः सर्वेषां शुद्धिहेतवः ॥ १,१०६.

Time, fire, ritual, earth, wind, mind, knowledge, austerity, recitation, repentance, and fasting are all causes of purification for everyone.

अकार्यकारिणां दानं वेगो नद्यास्तु शुद्धिकृत् । क्षात्त्रेण कर्मणा जीवेद्विशां वाप्यापदि द्विजः ॥ १,१०६.

The gift from one who acts improperly, the current of a river, purifies; a twice-born may live by the work of a kṣatriya or a vaiśya in distress.

फलसोमक्षौमवीरुद्दधि क्षीरं घृतं जलम् । तिलोदनरसक्षारमधु लाक्षा शृतं हविः ॥ १,१०६.

Fruits, soma, cloth, vegetables, curd, milk, ghee, water, sesame rice, juice, salt, honey, lac, cooked food, and oblations—

वस्त्रोपलासवं पुष्पं शाकमृच्चर्मपादुकम् । एणत्वचं च कौशेयं लवणं मासमेव च ॥ १,१०६.

Cloth, stones, wine, flowers, vegetables, earth, leather sandals, antelope skin, silk, salt, and also beans—

पिण्याकमूलगन्धांश्च वैश्यवृत्तो न विक्रयेत् । धर्मार्थं विक्रयं नेयास्तिला धान्येन तत्समाः ॥ १,१०६.

A vaiśya should not sell oil-cake, roots, or fragrant substances; sesame and grains equal to them should only be sold for righteousness or livelihood.