Varaha Purana

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.

प्रेतस्यावाहनं कृत्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः

Having invoked the departed, being pure and composed—

मन्त्रयुक्तोपचारेण चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सर्वतः

—with offerings accompanied by mantras, for all the four orders—

प्रेतकार्ये निवृत्ते तु पूर्णे संवत्सरे तथा

When the rites for the departed are completed, and likewise when the year is full—

पितामहः स्नुषा भार्या ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः

The paternal grandfather, daughter-in-law, wife, relatives, and kin—

स्वयं मुहूर्त्तं रोदित्वा ततो याति पराङ्मुखः

Having wept for a moment himself, then he turns away.

कस्य माता पिता कस्य कस्य भार्या सुतास्तथा

Whose is the mother, whose is the father, whose is the wife, and whose are the sons?

स्नेहभावेन कर्त्तव्यः संस्कारो हि मृतस्य च

The funeral rites for the dead should indeed be performed with affection.

संसारेष्वनुभूतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम्

In this world, who truly belongs to whom, and who are we to one another?

प्रेतकार्ये निवृत्ते तु पितृत्वमुपजायते

But once the funeral rites are completed, the relationship of fatherhood arises.

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः 188.

Thus, the father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather.