Garuda Purana

एकोद्दिष्टे तु सम्प्राप्ते यदि विघ्नः प्रजायते । मासेन्यस्मिन् तिथौ तस्यां कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं तदैव हि ॥ २,४५.

If, when the ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha is due, an obstacle arises, then it should be performed on the same lunar day in the following month.

तूष्णीं श्राद्धान्तु शूद्रस्य भार्यायास्तत्सुतस्य च । कन्यायाश्च द्विजातीनामनुपेतद्विजस्य च ॥ २,४५.

The silent śrāddha is for a Śūdra, his wife, his son, a maiden, and for twice-born men who have not undergone initiation.

एककाले गता सूनां बहूनामथ वा द्वयोः । तन्त्रेण श्रपणं कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं कुर्यात्पृथक्पृथक् ॥ २,४५.

If many or two women have died at the same time, the offering should be made according to the ritual, but the śrāddha should be performed separately for each.

दद्यात्पूर्वं मृतस्यादौ द्वितीयस्य ततः पुनः । तृतीयस्य ततः कुर्यात्संनिपाते त्वयं विधिः (क्रमः) ॥ २,४५.

One should first offer to the one who died first, then to the second, and then to the third; this is the order to be followed when there are several together.

प्रत्यब्दमेवं यः कुर्याद्यथातथमतन्द्रितः । तारयित्वा पितॄन् सर्वान् प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥ २,४५.

Whoever performs thus every year, diligently and in whatever way possible, delivers all his ancestors and attains the highest state.

न ज्ञायते मृताहश्चेत्प्रस्थानदिनमेव च । मासश्चेत्स्यात्परिज्ञातस्तद्दर्शे स्यान्मृताहिकम् ॥ २,४५.

If the date of death or the day of departure is not known, but the month is known, then the śrāddha for the deceased should be performed when that month is seen.

यदा मासो न विज्ञातो विज्ञातं दिनमेव च । तदा मार्गशिरे मासि माघे वा तद्दिनं भवेत् ॥ २,४५.

If the month is not known but only the day is known, then that day in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa or Māgha should be observed.

दिनमासावविज्ञातौ मरणस्य यदा पुनः । प्रस्थानदिनमासौ तु ग्राह्यौ श्राद्धे मयोदितौ ॥ २,४५.

If neither the day nor the month of death is known, then the day and month of departure, as taught by me, should be taken for the śrāddha.

प्रस्थानस्यापि न ज्ञातौ दिनमासौ यदा पुनः । मृतवार्ताश्रुतौ ग्राह्यौ पूर्वप्रोक्तक्रमेण तु ॥ २,४५.

If neither the day nor the month of departure is known, and only news of the death is heard, then the śrāddha should be performed according to the previously stated order.

प्रवासमन्तरेणापि स्यातां तौ विस्मृतौ यदा । तदानीमपि तौ ग्राह्यौ पूर्ववत्तु मृताहिके ॥ २,४५.

Even if, due to absence from home, both are forgotten, then also those two should be taken as before for the śrāddha for the deceased.

गृहस्थे प्रोषिते यच्च कश्चित्तु म्रियते गृहे । आसौचापगमे यत्र प्रारब्धे श्राद्धकर्मणि ॥ २,४५.

If someone dies at home while the householder is away, when the impurity period ends and the śrāddha ritual is begun,

प्रत्यागतश्चेज्जानाति तत्र वृत्तं गृही तथा । आशौचं गृहिणस्तेषां न द्रव्यादेस्तदा भवेत् ॥ २,४५.

If the householder returns and learns what happened, then for him there is no impurity regarding the materials at that time.

पुत्रादिना यदारब्धं श्राद्धं तत्त्वेन वाखिलम् । समापनीयं तत्रापि श्राद्धं गृहीतु दूरतः ॥ २,४५.

Whatever śrāddha has been properly begun by a son or others must be completed; even from afar, the householder should accept the śrāddha.

दात्रा बोक्त्रा च न ज्ञातं सूतकं मृतकं तथा । उभयोरपि तद्दोषं नारोपयति कर्हिचित् ॥ २,४५.

If neither the donor nor the recipient knows of impurity or death, then the fault does not fall on either of them.

यदा त्वन्यतरज्ञातं सूतकं मृतकं तथा । भोक्तुरेव तदा दोषो नान्यो दाता प्रदुष्यति ॥ २,४५.

But if either one knows of impurity or death, then only the recipient incurs fault, not the donor.

इत्युक्तेन प्रकारेण यः कुर्यान्मृतवासरम् । अविज्ञातमृताहस्य सततं तारयत्यसौ ॥ २,४५.

Thus, by performing the death-day rites in this manner for one whose date of death is unknown, one always delivers that person.

नित्यश्राद्धेऽथ गन्धाद्यैर्द्विजानभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः । सर्वान् पितृगणान् सम्यक्सहैवोद्दिश्य योजयेत् ॥ २,४५.

In the daily śrāddha, having worshipped the twice-born with perfumes and so on, with devotion, one should properly offer to all groups of ancestors together.

आवाहनं स्वधाकारो पिण्डाग्नौकरणादिकम् । ब्रह्मचर्यादिनियमा विश्वदेवास्तथैव च ॥ २,४५.

The invocation, the offering of svadhā, the placing of the rice-balls in the fire, the observances like celibacy, and the worship of the Viśvadevas should all be performed.

नित्यश्राद्धे त्यजेदेतान् भोज्यमन्नं प्रकल्पयेत् । दत्त्वा तु दक्षिणां शक्त्या नमस्कारैर्विसर्जयेत् ॥ २,४५.

In the daily śrāddha, one should omit these and prepare food to be eaten; after giving a gift according to ability, one should dismiss with salutations.

देवानुद्दिश्य विश्वादीन् यद्दद्याद्द्विजभोजनम् । तन्नित्यश्राद्धवत्कार्यं देवश्राद्धं तदुच्यते ॥ २,४५.

Whatever food is given to the twice-born, dedicated to the gods such as the Viśvadevas, should be performed like the daily śrāddha; this is called deva-śrāddha.

मातृश्राद्धन्तु पूर्वेण कर्मादौ पैतृकं तथा । उत्तरेऽहनि वृद्धौ स्यान्मातामहगणस्य तु ॥ २,४५.

The mother's śrāddha should be performed as previously described, and the father's as well; on the following day, the śrāddha for the maternal grandfather's group should be done in the period of increase.

श्राद्धत्रयं प्रकुर्र्वीत वैश्वदेवन्तुतान्त्रिकम् ॥ २,४५.

One should perform three kinds of śrāddha: the Vaiśvadeva and the Tāntrika.

मातृभ्यः कल्पयेत्पूर्वं पितृभ्यस्तदनन्तरम् । मातामहेभ्यश्च तथा दद्यादित्थं क्रमेण तु ॥ २,४५.

First, offerings should be made to the mothers, then to the fathers, and likewise to the maternal grandfathers, in this order.

मातृश्राद्धे तु विप्राणामभावे सुकुलोद्गताः । पतिपुत्रान्विताः साध्व्यो योषितोऽष्टौ च भावयेत् ॥ २,४५.

If there are no brāhmaṇas for the mother's śrāddha, one should consider eight virtuous women of good family, accompanied by their husbands or sons.

इष्टापूर्तादिके श्राद्धं कुर्यादाभ्युदयं तथा । उत्पातादिनिमित्तेषु नित्य श्राद्धवदेव तु ॥ २,४५.

Śrāddha should be performed on occasions such as iṣṭāpūrta and the like, as well as for auspicious events, and also for omens and other causes, just as with the regular śrāddha.

नित्यं दैवञ्च वृद्धिञ्च काम्यं नैमित्तिकं तथा । श्राद्धान्युक्तप्रकारेण कुर्वन् सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । इति ते कथितं तार्क्ष्य किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि ॥ २,४५.

By performing the daily, divine, augmenting, desired, and occasional śrāddhas in the prescribed manner, one attains success. Thus it has been told to you, Tārkṣya; what else do you wish to ask?

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ४६ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । सुकृतस्य प्रभावेण स्वर्गो नानाविधो नणाम् । भोगाः सौख्याति रूपञ्च बलं बुद्धैः पराक्रमः ॥ २,४६.

Tārkṣya said: By the power of good deeds, heaven is of many kinds for men; enjoyments, happiness, beauty, strength, intellect, and valor arise from them.

सत्यं पुण्यवतां देव जायतेऽत्र परत्र च । सत्यंसत्यं पुनः सत्यं वेदवाक्यं न चान्यथा ॥ २,४६.

O god, truth arises for the virtuous both here and hereafter; truly, truly, again truly, the words of the Veda are never otherwise.

धर्मो जयति नाधर्मः सत्यं जयाते नानृतम् । क्षमा जयति न क्रोधो विष्णुर्जयति नासुरः ॥ २,४६.

Dharma prevails, not adharma; truth prevails, not falsehood; forgiveness prevails, not anger; Viṣṇu prevails, not the asura.