Garuda Purana

अनुशब्दं न कुर्वीत नावाहनमथोल्मुकम् । आसीमान्तं न कुर्वीत प्रदक्षिणविसर्जनम् ॥ २,३५.

One should not use the word 'anu,' nor perform the invocation or the 'holmuka'; nor should one make the boundary or perform circumambulation and dismissal.

न कुर्यात्तिलहोमञ्च द्विजः पूर्णाहुतिं तथा । न कुर्याद्वैश्वदेवं चेत्कर्ता गच्छत्यधोगतिम् ॥ २,३५.

A twice-born should not perform the sesame oblation or the full offering; if he performs the universal offering, the doer goes to a lower state.

मलिनश्राद्धसंज्ञानं पूर्वषोडशकं तथा । स्थाने द्वारे चार्धमार्गे चितायां शवहस्तके ॥ २,३५.

The so-called impure śrāddha, the first sixteen (rites), at the place, at the door, on the way, on the pyre, or in the hand of the corpse—

श्मशानवासिभूतेभ्यः पञ्चमं प्रतिवेश्यकम् । षष्ठं सञ्चयने प्रोक्तं दश पिण्डा दशाहिकाः । श्राद्धषोडषकञ्चैतत्प्रथमं परिकीर्तितम् ॥ २,३५.

Of the offerings, the fifth is for the neighboring souls after those who dwell in the cremation ground; the sixth is said to be for the collectors; ten rice-balls are for the ten-day rites; and this is called the first of the sixteen śrāddhas.

अन्यच्च षोडशं मध्ये द्वितीयं तार्क्ष्य मे शृणु । कर्तव्यानीह विधिना श्राद्धान्येकादशैव तु ॥ २,३५.

And, O Tārkṣya, hear further: among the sixteen, the second is in the middle; here, eleven śrāddhas must be performed according to the prescribed rule.

ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्यञ्च तथान्यच्छ्राद्धपञ्चकम् । एवं षोडशकं प्राहुरेतत्तत्त्वविदो जनाः ॥ २,३५.

The offerings to Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and others, as well as five additional śrāddhas—thus, those who know the truth declare these to be the sixteen.

द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि श्राद्धमेकादशे तथा । त्रिपक्षसम्भवञ्चैव द्वे रिक्ते खग षोडश ॥ २,३५.

Twelve are to be performed monthly, and one on the eleventh day; two arise in the three fortnights, and two on the days of the moon’s waning, O bird—thus, there are sixteen.

आद्यं शवविशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वान्यच्च त्रिषोडशम् । पितृपाङ्क्तिविशुद्ध्यर्थं शताद्धैंन तु योजयेत् ॥ २,३५.

The first is performed for the purification of the corpse; and the remaining thirteen for the purification of the ancestral line; but one should not add more than a hundred and a half.

शतार्धेन विहीनो यो मिलितः पङ्क्तिभाङ्न हि । चत्वारिंशत्तथैवाष्टश्राद्धं प्रेतत्वनाशनम् ॥ २,३५.

He who is joined with less than a hundred and a half does not share in the ancestral line; forty-eight śrāddhas likewise destroy the state of being a departed spirit.

सकृदूनशतार्धेन सम्भवेत्पङ्क्तिसन्निधः । मेलनीयः शतार्धेन सन्धिः श्राद्धेन तत्त्वतः ॥ २,३५.

If one is short by a hundred and a half in a single instance, he is present in the ancestral line; the joining should be made with a hundred and a half, and the connection is truly established by śrāddha.

(अथ शवाविधिः) । शवस्य शिबिकायां करचरणबन्धनं तत्र कर्तव्यम् । एवं चेन्न विधानं विधीयते तत्पिशाचपरिभवनम् ॥ २,३५.

(Now, the procedure for the corpse:) The hands and feet of the corpse should be bound on the bier; if this procedure is not followed, it becomes subject to the harassment of demons.

संजायते रजन्याञ्च शवनिर्गमने राष्ट्रं भयशून्यम् । शवं न मुञ्चेत मुच्यते चेत्दुः स्पर्शाद्दुर्गतिर्भवेत् ॥ २,३५.

If the corpse is taken out at night, the land becomes free from fear; one should not release the corpse, and if released, misfortune arises from the touch.

ग्राममध्ये स्थिते प्रेते श्रुते भुङ्क्ते यदृच्छया । तदन्नं मांसवज्ज्ञेयं तत्तोयं रुधिरोपमम् ॥ २,३५.

If, while the dead body remains in the village, someone eats after hearing of it, that food should be regarded as meat, and that water as equivalent to blood.

(३५.४५) ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिनामेवं व्यवहारः खगेश्वर । विलुप्य ज्ञातिधर्मञ्च प्रेतपापेन लिप्यते ॥ २,३५.

O Lord of Birds, such is the conduct for relatives and kin; if one violates the duty to kin, he is tainted by the sin of the departed.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ३६ तार्क्ष्यौवाच । कस्मादनशनं पुण्यमक्षय्यगतिदायकम् । स्वगृहन्तु परित्यज्य तीर्थे वै म्रियते यदि ॥ २,३६.

Tārkṣya said: Why is fasting meritorious and bestows an imperishable state? If one abandons his own house and dies at a sacred place, what is the result?

अप्राप्य तीर्थं म्रियते गृहे वा मृत्यु मागतः । बूत्वा कुटीचरो यस्तु स कां गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥ २,३६.

If, unable to reach a sacred place, one dies at home when death arrives, having become a forest-dweller, what destination does he attain?

संन्यासं कुरुते यस्तु तीर्थे वापि गृहेऽपि वा । कथं तस्य प्रकर्तव्यमप्राप्तनिधनेऽपि वा ॥ २,३६.

If one takes up renunciation, whether at a sacred place or at home, how should his rites be performed, even if death comes before completion?

नियमे चेत्कृते देव चित्तभङ्गो हि जायते । केन तस्य भवेत्सिद्धिः कृतेनाप्यकृतेन वा ॥ २,३६.

If, O god, the vow is undertaken but the mind is disturbed, by what means does he attain success—whether the vow is completed or not?

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । कृत्वा निरशनं यो वै मृत्युमाप्नोति कोऽपि चेत् । मानुपीं तनुमुत्सृज्य मम तुल्यो विराजते ॥ २,३६.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Whoever, having undertaken fasting, meets death—such a one, abandoning the human body, shines equal to me.

यावन्त्यहानि जीवेत्व्रते निरशने कृते । क्रतुभिस्तानि तुल्यानि समग्रवदक्षिणैः ॥ २,३६.

For as many days as he lives while observing the fast, those days are equal to sacrifices performed with full gifts.

तीर्थे गृहे वा संन्यासं नीत्वा चेन्म्रियते यदि । प्रत्यहं लभते सोऽपि पूर्वोक्तं द्विगुणं फलम् ॥ २,३६.

If, having taken up renunciation at a sacred place or at home, he dies, he obtains daily the previously mentioned fruit, doubled.

महारोगोपपत्तौ च गृहीतेऽनशने कृते । पुनर्न जायते रोगो देववद्धि विराजते ॥ २,३६.

When a great disease arises and fasting is undertaken, the disease does not return and the person shines like a god.

य आतुरः सन् सन्न्यासं गृह्णाति यदि मानवः । पुनर्न जायते भूमौ संसारे दुः खसागरे ॥ २,३६.

If a person, while ill, takes up renunciation, he is not born again on earth in the ocean of suffering called samsara.

अहन्यहनि दातव्यं ब्राह्मणानाञ्च भोजनम् । तिलपात्रं यथाशक्ति दीपदानं सुरार्चनम् ॥ २,३६.

Every day, food should be given to Brahmins, and as one is able, offerings of sesame in a vessel, gifts of lamps, and worship of the gods should be performed.

एवं वृत्तस्य दह्यन्ते पापान्युच्चावचानि च । मृतो मुक्तिमवाप्नोति यथा सर्वे महर्षयः ॥ २,३६.

For one who lives in this way, all sins, whether great or small, are burned away; when he dies, he attains liberation, just as all the great sages did.

तस्मादनशनं नॄणां वैकुण्ठपददायकम् । तस्मात्स्वस्थे चोत्तरे वा साधयेन्मोक्षलक्षणम् ॥ २,३६.

Therefore, fasting grants people the abode of Vaikuntha; thus, whether healthy or at the end of life, one should strive for the mark of liberation.

पुत्त्रद्रव्यादि सन्त्यज्य तीर्थं व्रजति यो नरः । ब्रह्माद्या देवतास्तस्य भवेयुस्तुष्टिपुष्टिदाः ॥ २,३६.

Whoever abandons children, wealth, and so on, and goes to a sacred place, for him the gods beginning with Brahma grant satisfaction and nourishment.

यस्तीर्थसंमुखो भूत्वा व्रते ह्यनशने कृते । चेन्म्रियेतान्तरालेऽपि ऋषीणां मण्डले वसेत् ॥ २,३६.

If, having set out for a sacred place and undertaking a vow of fasting, one should die on the way, he dwells in the circle of the sages.

व्रतं निरशन कृत्वा स्वगृहेऽपि मृतो यदि । स्वकुलानि परित्यज्य एकाकी विचरेद्दिवि ॥ २,३६.

If, after performing the vow of fasting, one dies even at home, he leaves behind his family and wanders alone in heaven.