Varaha Purana

हस्तशौचं पुनः कृत्वा ह्युपस्पृश्य यथाविधि

After cleansing the hands again and performing the prescribed purification,

भुज्यमानस्य विप्रस्य प्रेतभागं च नित्यशः

A share for the departed should always be given from what the Brahmin is eating.

भागस्तत्र प्रदातव्यस्तस्यार्थे यस्य विद्यते

There, the share must be given for the sake of the one for whom the rite is performed.

निवारयति यो दत्तं गुरुहत्याफलं लभेत्

Whoever obstructs what is given incurs the fruit of slaying a teacher.

एवं विलुप्यते धर्मः प्रेतस्तत्र न तुष्यति

Thus, righteousness is destroyed and the departed is not satisfied there.

ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिमध्ये तु यो दद्यात्प्रेतभोजनम्

But if someone gives the food for the departed among relatives and kin,

कूटवत्प्रतितिष्ठेत दृष्ट्वा तृप्तिं न गच्छति

He stands as if false, and seeing, does not attain satisfaction.

तृप्तिं ज्ञात्वा तु विप्रस्य पक्वान्नेन तु माधवि

But knowing the Brahmin's satisfaction with the cooked food, O Mādhavi,

दृष्ट्वा तु प्रोषितं तेन उच्छिष्टं न विसर्ज्जयेत् 188.

Seeing that he has departed, one should not discard the leavings.

दातव्यं तत्र चोच्छिष्टं येन हेतुमगर्हितम्

There, the leavings should be given, for a reason not to be censured.

शुचिर्भूत्वा तु विधिवत्कृत्वा शान्त्युदकानि तु मन्त्रैः स्तुतिस्तु कर्त्तव्या तव भक्त्याऽवतिष्ठता

Having become pure, and having performed the rites properly, the waters for peace should be offered with mantras; praise should be made with devotion as you stand.

नमो नमो मेदिनि लोकमातरुर्व्यै महाशैलशिलाधरायै

Salutations, salutations to the earth, mother of the world, to the great mountain-bearing one.

एवं निवापदानेन तव भक्तेन सुन्दरि

Thus, by this offering of nivāpa, by your devotee, O beautiful one,

जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा नमस्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमान्

Going to the earth on the knees, having bowed to the best of Brahmins,

दद्याच्छय्यानं देवि तथैवाञ्जनकङ्कणम्

One should give a bed, O goddess, as well as ointment and bracelet.

मुहुर्तं तत्र विश्रम्य निवापस्थानमागतः

Having rested there for a moment, he comes to the place of the nivāpa offering.

पात्रेणोदुम्बरस्थेन कृत्वा कृष्णतिलोदकम्

With a vessel made of udumbara wood, one should prepare water with black sesame seeds.

मन्त्रपूतं तदा तोयं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

That water, purified by mantra, destroys all sins.

पश्चात्प्रेतं विसर्ज्यैवं दद्याद्दानं द्विजातये 188.

Afterwards, having thus dismissed the departed, one should give charity to a twice-born.

गत्वा तु ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि स्वगृहं यत्र तिष्ठति

Then, going to the Brahmins, even to his own house where he resides—

पिपीलिकादिभूतानि प्रेतभागं च सर्वशः

—to ants and other beings, and entirely to the share of the departed—

भुक्तेषु तेषु सर्वेषु दीनानाथान् प्रतर्प्य च

When all those have eaten, and the poor and helpless have been satisfied,

सर्वान्नमक्षयं तस्य दत्तं भवति सुन्दरि

All the food he gives, O beautiful one, becomes inexhaustible for him.

नेमिप्रभृतिभिः शौचं चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सर्वतः

By means such as the rim and the like, purity is maintained everywhere among the four orders.

कृत्वा तु धर्मसंकल्पं प्रेतकार्यं विशेषतः

Having made a resolve for righteousness, especially regarding the rites for the departed—

विस्तरेण मया प्रोक्तं प्रत्यक्षं नारदस्य च

I have explained this in detail, both directly and to Narada.

तस्मात्प्रभृति लोकेषु पितृयज्ञो भविष्यति

From that time onward, the ancestral sacrifice will exist among people.

शिवलोकं ब्रह्मलोकं विष्णुलोकं न सशंयः

There should be no doubt about attaining the world of Shiva, Brahma, or Vishnu.

दातव्यं तु तृतीये च मासे सप्तनवेषु च 188.

Charity should be given in the third month and also in the seventh and ninth.