Vayu Purana

वृद्धिश्राद्धे तु मात्रादि गयायां पितृपूर्वकम्। पाद्यपूर्वं समारभ्य दक्षिणाग्रकुशैः क्रमात्। पित्रादीनां समास्तीर्य शेषं गृह्योक्तमाचरेत् ।। ४८.

For the vṛddhi śrāddha, beginning with the mother's line at Gaya, and for the ancestors, starting with the offering of water, using kusha grass with the tips to the south, one should arrange for the ancestors and perform the rest as prescribed in the household.

दद्युः श्राद्धं सपिण्डानां तेषां दक्षिणभागतः। कुशानास्तीर्यं विधिना सकृद्दत्वा तिलोदकम् ।। ४८.

They should perform the śrāddha for the sapiṇḍas, placing kusha grass to the south according to the procedure, and after offering, give sesame water once.

गृहीत्वाञ्जलिना तेभ्यः पितृतीर्थेन यत्नतः। सक्तुना मुष्टिमात्रेण दद्यादक्षय्यपिण्डकम्। सम्बन्धिनस्तिलाद्भिश्च कुशेष्वावाहयेत्ततः ।। ४८.

Taking water in the palm for them, with care, using the ancestral tirtha, one should offer the imperishable piṇḍa with a handful of flour; then, using sesame seeds, invoke the relatives onto the kusha grass.

आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं देवर्षिपितृमानवाः। तृप्यन्तु पितरः सर्वे मातृमातामहादयः ।। ४८.

May all the ancestors, from Brahma-stambha onwards—divine sages, ancestors, and humans—be satisfied, including maternal and maternal grandfather's lines.

अतीतकुलकोटीनां सप्तद्वीपनिवासिनाम्। आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकादिदमस्तु तिलोदकम् ।। ४८.

For the countless departed of the family, dwelling in the seven continents, from Brahma's world onwards, may this sesame water reach them.

पिता पितामह श्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः। माता पितामही चैव तथैव प्रपितामही ।। ४८.

Father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother likewise.

मातामहस्तत्पिता च प्रमातामहकादयः। तेषां पिण्डो मया दत्तो ह्यक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठताम् ।। ४८.

Maternal grandfather, his father, and the forefathers of the maternal line; may the piṇḍa I have given to them remain imperishable.

मुष्टिमात्रप्रमाणञ्च ह्यार्द्रामलकमात्रकम्। शमीफत्रप्रमाणं वा पिण्डं दद्याद्गयाशिरे। उद्धरेत्सप्तगोत्राणि कुलानि शतमुद्धरेत् ।। ४८.

One should offer the piṇḍa at Gaya's summit in the measure of a handful, or the size of a moist fruit, or the size of a śamī leaf; it raises seven lineages and a hundred families.

पितुर्मातुः स्वभार्याया भगिन्या दुहितुस्तथा। पितृष्वसुर्मातृष्वसुः सप्त गोत्राः प्रकीर्त्तिताः ।। ४८.

Father, mother, one's own wife, sister, and daughter; paternal aunt and maternal aunt—these seven lineages are declared.

चतुर्विंशतिविंशश्च षोडश द्वादशैव हि। रुद्रादिवसवश्चैव कुलान्येकोत्तरं शतम् ।। ४८.

There are twenty-four, twenty, sixteen, and twelve; and indeed, the Rudras and the Vasus, their clans number one hundred and one.

नावाहनं न दिग्बन्धो न दोषो दृष्टिसम्भवः। न कारुण्येन कर्त्तव्यं तीर्थश्राद्धं विचक्षणैः ।। ४८.

There is no invocation, no binding of directions, no fault arising from sight; the learned should not perform the tīrtha śrāddha out of compassion.

पिण्डासनं पिण्डदानं पुनः प्रत्यवनेजनम्। दक्षिणा चान्नसङ्कल्पं तीर्थश्राद्धेष्वयंविधिः ।। ४८.

The seat for the offering, the giving of the rice-ball, and again the cleansing; the prescribed donation and food intention—this is the procedure for tīrtha śrāddha.

अस्मत्कुले मृता ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। आवाहयिष्ये तान्सर्वान्दर्भपृष्ठे तिलोदकैः ।। ४८.

Those who have died in my lineage, for whom no path is known, I shall invoke all of them with sesame water upon the darbha grass.

बन्धुवर्गकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। आवाहयिष्ये तान्त्सर्वान् दर्भपृष्ठे तिलोदकैः ।। ४८.

Those in the family of relatives, for whom no path is known, I shall invoke all of them with sesame water upon the darbha grass.

इत्येतैर्मन्त्रैः सजलैस्तिलैर्दर्भेषु ध्यानवान्। आवाह्याभ्यर्च्य तेभ्यश्च पिण्डान्दद्याद्यथाक्रमम् ।। ४८.

With these mantras, with water and sesame seeds, meditating upon the darbha grass, having invoked and worshipped them, one should give rice-balls to them in proper order.

अस्मत्कुले मृता ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have died in my lineage, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

मातामहकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those in the maternal grandfather's lineage, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

बन्धुवर्गकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those in the family of relatives, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अजातदन्ता ये केचिद्ये च गर्भे प्रपीडिताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have not yet grown teeth, and those afflicted in the womb, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अग्निदग्धाश्च ये केचिन्नाग्निदग्धास्तथा परे। विद्युच्चोरहता ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have been burned by fire, and those who have not been burned, and others; for those struck by lightning or killed by thieves, I give this rice-ball.

दावदाहे मृता ये च सिंहव्याग्रहताश्च ये। दंष्ट्रिभिः श्रृङ्गिभिर्वापि तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who died in a forest fire, and those killed by lions or tigers, or by fanged or horned creatures, I give this rice-ball.

उद्बन्धनमृता ये च विषशस्त्रहताश्च ये। आत्मापघातिनो ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who died by hanging, and those killed by poison or weapons, and those who took their own lives, I give this rice-ball.

अरण्ये वर्त्मनि वने क्षुधया तृषया हताः। भूतप्रेतपिशाचाद्यैस्तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who perished in the forest, on the path, or in the woods, killed by hunger or thirst, or by spirits, ghosts, or demons, I give this rice-ball.

रौरवे चान्धतामिस्रे कालसूत्रे च ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्ताय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have gone to Raurava, Andhatamisra, or Kālasūtra, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

असिपत्रवने घोरे कुम्भीपाकेषु ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have gone to the dreadful Asipatravana or Kumbhīpāka, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अनेकयातनासंस्थाः प्रेतलोकञ्च ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who dwell in many tortures, and those who have gone to the realm of the departed, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अनेकयातनासंस्था ये नीता यमकिङ्करैः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who dwell in many tortures, who have been taken by the servants of Yama, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

नरकेषु समस्तेषु यातनासु च ये स्थिताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For the sake of rescuing those who dwell in all hells and in torments, I offer this rice-ball.

पशुयोनि गता येच पक्षिकीटसरीसृपाः। अथवा वृक्षयोनिस्थास्तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

And for those who have entered animal births, or are birds, insects, reptiles, or even those abiding in the womb of trees, I offer this rice-ball.