Garuda Purana

पितामहीभिः सापिण्ड्यं तथा मातामहैः सह । उक्तं भर्त्रापि सापिण्ड्यं स्त्रिया वेषयभेदतः ॥ २,५.

Sapiṇḍya (kinship by offering) is with the paternal grandmothers and likewise with the maternal grandfathers; it is also said that a wife shares sapiṇḍya with her husband, depending on the distinction of dress.

नवश्राद्धस्य ते कालं वक्ष्यामि शृणु काश्यप । मरणाह्नि मृतिस्थाने श्राद्धं पक्षिन्प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ २,५.

Now I shall tell you the timing of the nine śrāddhas, O Kāśyapa; on the day of death, at the place of death, the śrāddha should be arranged, O bird.

द्वितीयञ्च ततो मार्गे विश्रामो यत्र कारितः । ततः सञ्चयनस्थाने तृतीयं श्राद्धमुच्यते ॥ २,५.

The second is to be performed at the place along the way where a rest was taken; then, at the place where the bones are gathered, the third śrāddha is prescribed.

पञ्चमे सप्तमे तद्वदष्टमे नवमे तथा । दशमैकादशे चैव नव श्राद्धानि वै खग ॥ २,५.

On the fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh days likewise, O bird, nine śrāddhas are to be performed.

श्राद्धानि नव चैतानि तृतीया षोडशी स्मृता । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन कार्याणि मनुजैस्तथा ॥ २,५.

These nine śrāddhas, with the third being considered the sixteenth, should be performed by men according to the rules for the ekoddiṣṭa (single-offering) rite.

प्रथमेऽह्नि तृतीये वा पञ्चमे सप्तमे तथा । नवमैकादशे चैव नवश्राद्धं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ २,५.

On the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh days, the nine śrāddhas are prescribed.

उच्यन्ते षडिमानीह नव स्युरपि यागेतः । उक्तानि ते मया तानि ऋषीणां मतभेदतः ॥ २,५.

Here, six are sometimes mentioned, but nine may also be performed according to desire; I have told you these, as they are taught by the sages according to their differing opinions.

रूढिपक्षो ममाभीष्टो योगः कैश्चिदिहेष्यते । आद्ये द्वितीये दातव्यस्तथैवैकं पवित्रकम् ॥ २,५.

The established tradition is my preference, though some desire the yogic method; on the first and second days, one should also give a single piece of sacred cloth.

प्रेताय पिण्डो दातव्यो भुक्तवत्सु द्विजातिषु । प्रश्रस्तत्राभिरण्येति यजमानद्विजन्मना ॥ २,५.

A ball of rice should be offered to the departed, after the twice-born have eaten; there, the sacrificer and the twice-born should declare, 'It has been properly given.'

अक्षय्यममुकस्येति वक्तव्यं विरतौ तथा । एकोद्दिष्टं मे निबोध चेत्थमावत्सरं स्मृतम् ॥ २,५.

It should be said, 'This is inexhaustible for the departed,' and likewise when abstaining; understand that the ekoddiṣṭa (single-offering) is to be performed for a year in this way.

सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं यानि श्राद्धानि षोडश । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन चरेद्वा पार्वणादृते ॥ २,५.

After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, the sixteen śrāddhas should be performed according to the ekoddiṣṭa procedure, except for the parvaṇa (seasonal) rites.

प्रत्यब्दं यो यथा कुर्यात्तथा कुर्यात्स तान्यपि । एकादशे द्वादशेऽह्नि प्रेतो भुङ्क्ते दिनद्वयम् ॥ २,५.

Whatever is done annually should also be done for these rites; on the eleventh and twelfth days, the departed partakes for two days.

योषितः पुरुषस्यापि पिण्डं प्रेतेति निर्वपेत् । सापिण्ड्ये तु कृते तस्य प्रेतशब्दो निवर्तते ॥ २,५.

For a woman, as for a man, the rice-ball should be offered as to the departed; but when sapiṇḍya is performed, the term 'departed' is no longer applied to her.

दीपदानं प्रकर्तव्यमावर्षन्तु गृहाद्बहिः । अन्नं दीपो जलं वस्त्रमन्यद्वादीयते च यत् ॥ २,५.

One should offer lamps during the rainy season, outside the house; food, lamps, water, cloth, and whatever else is given.

तृप्तिदं प्रेतशब्देन सपिण्डीकरणावधि । अब्दकृत्यं मयोक्तन्ते समासाद्विनतासुत ॥ २,५.

That which gives satisfaction, called 'preta' until the completion of the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite, is the annual duty I have explained to you, O son of Vinatā.

वैवस्वतगृहे यानं यथा तत्तु निबोधमेः । त्रयोदशेऽह्नि श्रवणाकर्मणोनन्तरन्तु सः ॥ २,५.

Hear from me how the journey to the house of Vaivasvata occurs: on the thirteenth day, immediately after the śravaṇa ritual, it takes place.

त्वग्गृहीताहिवत्तार्क्ष्य गृहीतो यमकिङ्करैः । तस्मिन्मार्गे व्रजत्येको गृहीत इव मर्कटः ॥ २,५.

O Tārkṣya, seized like a snake caught by its skin, taken by Yama's attendants, on that path he goes alone, as if captured like a monkey.

वाय्वग्रसारिवद्रूपं देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । तत्पिण्डजं पातनार्थमन्यत्तु पितृसम्भवम् ॥ २,५.

He attains another body, like the form of wind or sāriva; one is born from the piṇḍa for the purpose of suffering, and another arises from the ancestors.

तत्प्रमाणवयोऽवस्थासंस्थानां प्रग्भवो यथा । षडशीति सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः ॥ २,५.

The measure, age, condition, and form of that body are as follows: eighty-six thousand yojanas in extent.

अध्वान्तरालिको ज्ञेयो यममानुषलोकयोः । साधिकार्धक्रोशयुतं योजनानां शतद्वयम् ॥ २,५.

The space between the worlds of Yama and humans should be known as the intervening path; it is two hundred yojanas, plus half a krośa.

चत्वारिं शत्तथा सप्त प्रत्यहं याति तत्र सः । अष्टाचत्वारिंशता च त्रैंशता दिवसैरिति ॥ २,५.

He travels forty-seven yojanas each day there; thus, in forty-eight and thirty days, he completes the journey.

वैवस्वतपुरं याति कृष्यमाणो यमानुगैः । एवं क्रमेण यातब्ये मार्गे पापरतैस्तु यत् ॥ २,५.

He is dragged to the city of Vaivasvata by Yama's followers; in this manner, those devoted to sin must travel the path step by step.

जायते सप्रपञ्चं तच्छृणु त्वमरुणानुज । त्रयोदशदिने दत्तः पाशैर्बद्ध्वातिदारुणैः ॥ २,५.

Listen, O younger brother of Aruṇa, to how he is born along with the world: on the thirteenth day, bound with very cruel ropes, he is given.

यमस्याङ्कुशहस्तो वै भृकुटीकुटिलाननः । दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तः कृष्यते दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ २,५.

Yama, holding a goad in his hand, with a face twisted in anger, agitated by blows of the staff, drags him toward the southern direction.

कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणकर्कशे । तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्वचिच्छ्वभ्रशतोत्कटे ॥ २,५.

Through harsh places of grass, thorns, anthills, spikes, stones, and rough terrain, and also through blazing fires and at times through terrifying swarms of insects.

प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमानः सदंशके । कृष्यते यमदूतैश्च शिवावन्नादभीषणैः ॥ २,५.

Burned by the heat of blazing suns, scorched and pierced, he is dragged by Yama's messengers, fierce as Śiva, with dreadful cries.

प्रयातिः दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालये । कलेवरे दह्यमाने महान्तं क्षयमृच्छति ॥ २,५.

On the terrible path, the sinner proceeds to Yama's abode; as his body is burned, he experiences great destruction.

भक्ष्यमाणे तथैवाङ्गे भिद्यमाने च दारुणम् । छिद्यमाने चिरतरं जन्तुर्दुः खमवाप्नुते ॥ २,५.

As his limbs are devoured, and likewise cruelly broken and cut for a long time, the creature attains suffering.

स्वेन कर्मवि पाकेन देहान्तरगतोऽपि सन् । पुराणि षोडशामुष्मन्मार्गे तानि च मे शृणु ॥ २,५.

Even after entering another body, by the ripening of his own actions, there are sixteen ancient cities on that path; hear them from me.