एतेषां मानसी कन्या मेना नाम महागिरेः
Among these, the mental daughter is named Menā, of the great mountain.
मैनाकस्य सुतः श्रीमान्क्रौंचो नाम महागिरिः
The illustrious son of Maināka is named Krauncha, the great mountain.
याम्यां बर्हिषदश्चासन्यमाश्च पश्चिमां दिशम्
Barhiṣads dwell in the southern direction, and the Amāśas in the western.
अमूर्तिमंतावाकाशे कव्यवाडनलौ क्षितौ
The formless ones are in the sky, Kavyavāḍa and Anala are on the earth.
यक्षरक्षःपिशाचाश्च यजंते भावितात्मनः
Even yakṣas, rākṣasas, and piśācas worship those whose minds are purified.
मानवाः श्राद्धदेवं च ऋषयो ब्रह्म सनातनम्
Humans, the gods of the śrāddha, and sages worship the eternal Brahman.
देवकार्यात्परं कार्यं पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते
Among all duties for the gods, the duty toward the ancestors is considered superior.
जातिस्मरत्वमापन्ना निर्वाणपदवीं गताः
Those who have attained remembrance of birth have reached the path of liberation.
पितॄनुद्दिश्य ते सर्वे भक्षयंतः क्षुधा र्दिताः 5.1.58.
All of them, driven by hunger, eat offerings dedicated to the ancestors.
सप्त जातिस्मरास्ते वै योगयुक्ता बभूविरे
Those seven, endowed with yoga, became possessed of birth-remembrance.
श्राद्धे प्रतिष्ठिता लोकाः श्राद्धे योगः परंतप
Worlds are established in the śrāddha; in śrāddha is yoga, O scorcher of foes.
ब्रह्मचर्यरतो दांतो न क्रोधी न च मत्सरी
One devoted to celibacy, self-controlled, not angry, and free from envy—
एवं यः कुरुते श्राद्धं तीर्थे चैव विशेषतः
Thus, whoever performs śrāddha, especially at a sacred place,
वृद्धिश्राद्धे तथा प्रोक्ता महालये शताधिका
So it is said regarding vṛddhi-śrāddha, and at Mahālaya, the merit is more than a hundredfold.
प्रयागाद्दशगुणा तृप्तिः कुरुक्षेत्रे च सत्तम
At Prayāga, the satisfaction is ten times greater; likewise at Kurukṣetra, O noble one.
ततो दशाधिका व्यास महाकालवने शुभे
Then, O Vyāsa, at the auspicious Mahākālavana, it is ten times more again.
येषां निरयमापन्नाः पितरो जन्मजन्मनि
Those whose ancestors have entered hell, birth after birth,
सकृत्स्मरणमात्रेण पितॄणा दत्तमक्षयम्
By merely remembering once, the offering given to the ancestors becomes imperishable.
गर्भपाते मृता ये च नामगोत्रच्युतास्तथा 5.1.58.
Those who died in miscarriage, and those who have lost their name and lineage as well,
तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय तत्र श्राद्धं विधीयताम्
For their deliverance, śrāddha should be performed there.
दष्ट्रिभिर्व्यंगतो वापि दौर्ब्राह्मण्ये मृताश्च ये
Those who died disfigured by disease or in poverty, and those who died as unworthy Brahmins,
अग्निदग्धाश्च ये जीवा नाग्निदग्धास्तथा परे
Those living who were burned by fire, and others who were not burned by fire.
विद्युद्धातेन ये केचिन्मुद्गराभिहताः परे
Those who have been struck down by thunderbolts or bludgeons, and others likewise—
रौरवे चांधतामिस्रे कालसूत्रे च ये गताः
Those who have gone to Raurava, Andhatamisra, and Kālāsūtra—
असिपत्रवने घोरे कुंभीपाके च ये गताः तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय अत्र श्राद्धं विधीयते
Those who have entered the dreadful Asipatravana and Kumbhīpāka— for their deliverance, this śrāddha is prescribed here.
उदकेषु मृता ये च नारीसूतीमृतास्तथा
Those who died in water, and likewise women who died in childbirth—
अश्वसूकूरकृमिदंष्ट्रिश्वशृंगिशकटाहताः
Those killed by horses, pigs, worms, fanged beasts, horned animals, or carts—
भग्नदंष्ट्राश्च शस्त्रास्त्रैर्व्याघ्राहिगजभूमिपैः तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय अत्र श्राद्धं विधीयते
Those whose jaws were broken by weapons, tigers, snakes, elephants, or earth-dwellers— for their deliverance, this śrāddha is prescribed here.
अष्टशल्यैर्मृता ये च शौचाचारविवर्जिताः तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय अत्र श्राद्धं विधीयते ।। 5.1.58.
Those who died from eight kinds of splinters, or who lacked purity and proper conduct— for their deliverance, this śrāddha is prescribed here.
शाकिन्यादि ग्रहग्रस्तजलमध्ये च ये मृताः तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय अत्र श्राद्धं विधीयते
Those who died possessed by witches and similar beings, or in water— for their deliverance, this śrāddha is prescribed here.