Garuda Purana

कर्षकाः क्षत्त्रविट्छूद्राः खलेऽदत्त्वा तु चौरकः । दिनत्रयेण शुध्येत ब्राह्मणः प्रेतसूतके ॥ १,१०७.

Farmers—kṣatriya, brāhmaṇa, and śūdra—if they do not give the due share, are thieves; a brāhmaṇa is purified from impurity due to death or birth within three days.

क्षत्त्रो दशाहाद्वैश्यास्तु द्वादशाहान्मासि शूद्रकः । याति विप्रो दशाहात्तु क्षत्त्रो द्वादशकाद्दिनात् ॥ १,१०७.

A kṣatriya is purified in ten days, a vaiśya in twelve days, and a śūdra in a month; a brāhmaṇa is purified after ten days, a kṣatriya after twelve.

पञ्चदशाहाद्वैश्यस्तु शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति । एकपिण्डास्तु दायादाः पृथग्द्वारनिकेतनाः ॥ १,१०७.

A vaiśya is purified after fifteen days, a śūdra in a month; heirs who live separately, with different doors and houses, each offer one ball of rice.

जन्मना च विपत्तौ च भवेत्तेषां च सूतकम् । चतुर्थे दशरात्रं स्यात्षण्णिशाः पुंसि पञ्चमे ॥ १,१०७.

At birth and at misfortune, impurity arises for them; for four days and ten nights, and for six nights in the case of a male, and five in the fifth.

षष्ठे चतुर हाच्छुद्धिः सप्तमे च दिनत्रयम् । देशान्तरे मृते बाले सद्यः शुद्धिर्यतो मृते ॥ १,१०७.

On the sixth day, purity returns after four nights; on the seventh, after three days. If a child dies in a distant land, purity is immediate, because the deceased is a child.

अजातदन्ता ये बाला ये च गर्भाद्विनिः सृताः । न तेषामग्निसंस्कारो न पिण्डं नोदकक्रिया ॥ १,१०७.

Children who have not yet grown teeth, and those who are born prematurely, do not require the fire ritual, nor the offering of rice balls, nor the water rites.

यदि गर्भो विपद्यत स्त्रवते वापि योषितः । यावन्मासं स्थितो गर्भस्तावद्दिनानि सूतकम् ॥ १,१०७.

If the fetus is lost or expelled from a woman, impurity lasts for as many days as the months the fetus remained in the womb.

आनामकरणात्सद्य आचूडान्तादहर्निशम् । आव्रतात्तु त्रिरात्रेण तदूर्ध्वन्दशभिर्दिनैः ॥ १,१०७.

From the naming ceremony, purity is immediate; from the first haircut, it lasts a day and night; from the vow, it lasts three nights; thereafter, it lasts ten days.

आचतुर्थाद्भवेत्स्त्रवः पातः पञ्चमषष्ठयोः । ब्रह्मचर्या दग्निहोत्रान्नाशुद्धिः सङ्गवर्जनात् ॥ १,१०७.

From the fourth day, there is discharge; on the fifth and sixth, there is loss. For students and those who maintain the sacred fire, purity comes from abstaining from contact.

शिल्पिनः कारवो वैद्या दासीदासाश्च भृत्यकाः । अग्निमाञ्छ्रोत्रियो राजा सद्यः शौचाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ १,१०७.

Artisans, craftsmen, physicians, female and male servants, and retainers, as well as those possessing fire, those learned in the Vedas, and kings, are declared to be immediately pure.

दशाहाच्छुध्यते माता स्नानात्सूते पिता शुचिः । सङ्गात्सूतौ सूतकं स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः ॥ १,१०७.

The mother becomes pure after ten days, the father is purified by bathing at birth; impurity arises from contact, but after sprinkling water, the father is pure.

विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु अन्तरा मृतसूतके । पूर्वसंकल्पितादन्यवर्जनं च विधीयते ॥ १,१०७.

If death or impurity occurs during weddings, festivals, or sacrifices, avoidance of anything other than what was previously resolved is prescribed.

मृतेन शुध्यते सूतिः मृतवज्जातकं जनौ । गोग्रहादौ विपन्नानामेकरात्रं तु सूतकम् ॥ १,१०७.

Impurity is purified by the deceased; birth is treated like death for the people. For those who die in cattle raids or similar events, impurity lasts only one night.

अनाथप्रेतवहनात्प्राणायामेन शुध्यति । प्रेतशूद्रस्य वहनान्त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत् ॥ १,१०७.

Impurity from carrying the body of an orphan is purified by breath control; from carrying the body of a deceased Shudra, impurity lasts three nights.

आत्मघातिविषोद्वन्धकृमिदष्टे न संस्कृतिः । गोहतं कृमिदष्टं च स्पृष्ट्वा कृच्छ्रेण शुध्यति ॥ १,१०७.

There is no ritual for those who die by suicide, poison, darkness, or snakebite. After touching a cow killed by a snake or one bitten by worms, purification is achieved with difficulty.

अदुष्टापतितं भार्या यौवने या परित्यजेत् । सप्तजन्म भवेत्स्त्रीत्वं वैधव्यं च पुनः पुनः ॥ १,१०७.

A wife who abandons her husband in youth without fault or disgrace will be born as a woman for seven lifetimes and will repeatedly experience widowhood.

बालहत्या त्वगमनादृतौ च स्त्री तु सूकरि । अगम्या व्रतकारिण्यो भ्रष्टपानोदकक्रियाः ॥ १,१०७.

A woman who commits infanticide, approaches forbidden men, or acts improperly, is called 'sūkari.' Those who associate with forbidden men, perform vows, or commit grave sins lose the right to water rites.

औरसः क्षेत्रजः पुत्रः पितृजौ पिण्डदौ पितुः । परिवित्तेस्तु कृच्छ्रं स्यात्कन्यायाः कृच्छ्रमेव च ॥ १,१०७.

A son born from the womb or from the field, and those born from the father, offer rice balls to the father; for adopted sons and daughters, purification is difficult.

अतिकृच्छ्रं चरेद्दाता होता चान्द्रायणञ्चरेत् । कुब्जवामनषण्डेषु गद्गदेषु जडेषु च ॥ १,१०७.

The giver and the officiant should perform the most severe penance, and also the lunar penance, for those who are hunchbacked, dwarfs, eunuchs, stammerers, or dull-witted.

जात्यन्धबधिरे मूके न दोषः परिवेदने । नष्टे मृते प्रव्रजिते क्लीबे वा पतिते पतौ ॥ १,१०७.

There is no fault in announcing the death of one born blind, deaf, or mute. If the husband is lost, dead, has renounced, is impotent, or fallen, impurity arises.

पञ्चस्वापत्सु नारीणां पतिरन्यो विधीयते । भर्त्रा सहमृता नारी रोमाब्दानि वसेद्दिवि ॥ १,१०७.

For women, if the husband is lost in five calamities, another husband is prescribed. A woman who dies together with her husband dwells in heaven for as many years as there are hairs on her body.

श्वादिदष्टस्तु गायत्त्र्या जपाच्छुद्धो भवेन्नरः । दाह्यो लोकाग्निना विप्रश्चाण्डालाद्यैर्हतोऽग्निमान् ॥ १,१०७.

If a man is bitten by a dog or similar animal, he becomes purified by reciting the Gāyatrī; a Brāhmaṇa who is burned by the fire of the world or killed by outcastes and the like, is possessed of fire.

क्षीरैः प्रक्षाल्य तस्यास्थि स्वाग्निना मन्त्रतो दहेत् । प्रवासे तु मृते भूयः कृत्वा [https://vedastudy.yolasite.com/kusha1.php कुशमयं] दहेत् ॥ १,१०७.

After washing those bones with milk, he should burn them in his own fire with mantras; but if death occurs abroad, he should make and burn a figure of kuśa grass.

कृष्णाजिने समास्तीर्य षट्शतानि पलाशजान् । शमीं शिश्ने विनिःक्षिप्य अरणिं वृषणे क्षिपेत् ॥ १,१०७.

Spreading a black antelope skin, he should place six hundred palāśa leaves; placing a śamī twig at the penis, he should put the lower fire-stick at the testicles.

कण्डं दक्षिणहस्ते तु वामहस्ते तथोपभृत् । पार्श्वे तूलूखलं दद्यात्पृष्ठे तु मुसलं ददेत् ॥ १,१०७.

He should place the pestle in the right hand, and the mortar in the left; the mortar should be at the side, and the pestle at the back.

उरे निःक्षिप्य दृषदं तण्डुलाज्यतिलान्मुखे । श्रोत्रे च प्रोक्षणीं दद्यादाज्यस्थालीं च चक्षुषोः ॥ १,१०७.

He should place a stone on the chest, rice, ghee, and sesame in the mouth; in the ears he should put a sprinkling spoon, and a ghee-ladle at the eyes.

कर्णे नेत्रे मुखे घ्राणे हिरण्यशकलान् क्षिपेत् । अग्निहोत्रोपकरणाद्ब्रह्मलोकगतिर्भवेत् ॥ १,१०७.

He should place pieces of gold in the ears, eyes, mouth, and nose; by the use of the implements of the agnihotra, the path to the world of Brahmā is attained.

असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहेत्याज्याहुतिः सकृत् । हंससारसक्रौञ्चानां चक्रवाकं च कुक्रुटम् ॥ १,१०७.

With the offering of ghee, saying 'This is for the heavenly world, svāhā,' once; for the haṃsa, sāras, krauñca, cakravāka, and kukruṭa birds.

मयरमेषघाती च अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति । पक्षिणः सकलान्हत्वा अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति ॥ १,१०७.

One who kills a mayara, ram, or goat is purified in a day and night; having killed any birds, one is purified in a day and night.