Varaha Purana

स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रेतं प्रेतेषु योजयेत्

Having bathed and become pure, one should join the departed with the ancestors.

अपाकद्रव्यं संगृह्य ब्रह्मणो वचनं यथा 188.

Gathering impure substances, one should act according to the word of Brahmā.

शुश्रूषया विपन्नानां शूद्राणां च वरानने

By service to the fallen and to Śūdras, O beautiful one,

मृतस्य नाम चोद्दिश्य यस्यार्थे च प्रयोजितः

Reciting the name of the deceased, for whose sake the rite is performed,

गत्वा निमन्त्रितं विप्रं नम्रो भूत्वा समाहितः

Having gone to the invited Brāhmaṇa, humbly and with concentration,

गतोऽसि दिव्यलोके त्वं कृतान्तविहितेन च

You have gone to the heavenly world, as ordained by Death.

अस्तङ्गते तथादित्ये गत्वा ब्राह्मणमन्दिरम्

After the sun has set, one should go to the house of a Brāhmaṇa.

पाद्संवाहनं कार्यं प्रेतस्य हितकाम्यया

One should massage the feet, desiring the benefit of the departed.

यावत्तु तिष्ठते तत्र प्रेतभोगमुदीक्षते

As long as he remains there, he observes the enjoyment of the departed.

प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते च दिवाकरे

When the night has passed and the sun has risen,

निपातदेशं संगृह्य शुचिदेशे समाहितः 188.

Taking the remains to a pure place, with concentration,

चतुःषष्टिकृतं भागं यथावत्सुकृतं भवेत्

A share, properly made, should be sixty-four times as much as the good deed.

छायायां कुंजरस्यापि नदीकूलद्रुमे तथा

Even in the shade of an elephant, or at the riverside, or under a tree,

यं देशं च न पश्यन्ति कुक्कुटश्वानशूकराः

That land which is not seen by chickens, dogs, or pigs,

कुक्कुटः पक्षवातेन चाण्डालश्च यथा धरे

A chicken by the wind of its wings, and a caṇḍāla as upon the earth,

वर्जनीया बुधैरेते प्रेतकार्येषु सुन्दरि

These are to be avoided by the wise in funeral rites, O beautiful one,

नागा भूतानि यज्ञाश्च ये च स्थावरजङ्गमाः

Serpents, spirits, sacrifices, and all that is movable and immovable,

धारयिष्यामि सुश्रोणि विष्णुमायाततं जगत्

I shall sustain, O lovely-hipped one, the world extended by Viṣṇu's power,

स्नानं कुर्वन्तु ते भूमे स्थण्डिले तदनन्तरे

Let them bathe, O Earth, on the ground immediately thereafter,

त्वदधीनं जगद्भद्रे तवोच्छिष्टं हतं भवेत्

The world is dependent on you, O auspicious one; if it is your remnant, it becomes destroyed,

पतन्ति नरके घोरे तेनोच्छिष्टेन सुन्दरि 188.

They fall into terrible hell by that remnant, O beautiful one,

कृत्वा तु पिण्डसङ्कल्पं नामगोत्रेण माधवि

Having made the offering intention with name and lineage, O Mādhavi,

न दद्यादन्यगोत्रेभ्यो ये न भुञ्जन्ति तत्र वै

One should not give to other lineages those who do not partake there,

एवं दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते प्रेतलोकगता नराः

By such giving, those who have gone to the realm of the departed are pleased,

गत्वा महानदीं सोऽपि सचैलं स्नानमाचरेत्

He too, having gone to the great river, should bathe with his garments,

एवं शुद्धिं ततः कृत्वा ब्राह्मणान् शीघ्रमानयेत्

Having thus purified himself, he should quickly bring the brāhmaṇas,

अर्घ्यं पाद्यं ततो दद्याद्धृष्टपुष्टेन माधवि

Then he should give arghya and pādya with boldness and nourishment, O Mādhavi,

मन्त्रः- इदं ते आसनं दत्तं विश्रामं क्रियतां द्विज

Mantra: 'This seat is given to you; let rest be taken, O twice-born,'

उपवेश्यासने विप्रं छत्रं सङ्कल्पयेत्पुनः

Having seated the brāhmaṇa on the seat, he should again arrange an umbrella,