Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 45
GaP 2 45.3
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४५ श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । प्रत्यब्दं श्राद्धमेवं ते कथयामि खगेश्वर । प्रत्यब्दं पार्वणेनैव कुर्यातां क्षेत्रजोरसौ ॥ गर्प्_२,४५।१ ॥ विधिनाचेतरैरेवमेकोद्दिष्टं न पार्वणम् ॥ गर्प्_२,४५।२ ॥ अनग्नेश्च सुतौ स्यातामनग्नी क्षेत्रजोरसौ । एकोद्दिष्टं न कुर्यातां प्रत्यब्दं तौ तु पार्वणम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 45 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / pratyabdaṃ śrāddhamevaṃ te kathayāmi khageśvara / pratyabdaṃ pārvaṇenaiva kuryātāṃ kṣetrajorasau // garp_2,45.1 // vidhinācetarairevamekoddiṣṭaṃ na pārvaṇam // garp_2,45.2 // anagneśca sutau syātāmanagnī kṣetrajorasau / ekoddiṣṭaṃ na kuryātāṃ pratyabdaṃ tau tu pārvaṇam
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 45. The Blessed Viṣṇu said: I shall tell you thus of the annual śrāddha, O lord of birds. The son begotten on the wife (by another) and the son of one's own body should perform the annual rite by the pārvaṇa procedure. (45.1) By this rule, and by the others, the ekoddiṣṭa is not a pārvaṇa. (45.2) If (the father) is without the sacred fires, and the two sons—the kṣetraja and the aurasa—are also without the fires, they should not perform the ekoddiṣṭa yearly, but rather the pārvaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.4
यदा त्वन्यतरः साग्निः पुत्रो वाप्यथवा पिता । प्रत्यब्दं पार्वणं तत्र कुर्यातां क्षेत्रजौरसौ
yadā tvanyataraḥ sāgniḥ putro vāpyathavā pitā / pratyabdaṃ pārvaṇaṃ tatra kuryātāṃ kṣetrajaurasau
But when one of the two, either the son or the father, possesses the sacred fires, then the kṣetraja and the aurasa sons should perform the annual pārvaṇa rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.5
अनग्नयः साग्नयो वा पुत्रा वा पितरो ऽपि वा । एकोद्दिष्टं सुतैः कार्यं क्षयाह इति केचन
anagnayaḥ sāgnayo vā putrā vā pitaro 'pi vā / ekoddiṣṭaṃ sutaiḥ kāryaṃ kṣayāha iti kecana
Whether without fires or with fires, whether sons or fathers—some say the ekoddiṣṭa is to be performed by the sons on the anniversary of the death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.6
दर्शकाले क्षयो यस्य प्रेतपक्षे ऽथ वा पुनः । प्रत्यब्दं पार्वणं कार्यं तस्य सर्वैः सुतैरपि
darśakāle kṣayo yasya pretapakṣe 'tha vā punaḥ / pratyabdaṃ pārvaṇaṃ kāryaṃ tasya sarvaiḥ sutairapi
For him whose death falls at the time of the new moon, or again in the fortnight of the departed, the annual pārvaṇa rite is to be performed by all his sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.7
एकोद्दिष्टमपुत्राणां पुंसां स्याद्योपितामपि । एकोद्दिष्टे कुशा ग्राह्याः समूला यज्ञकर्मणि । बहिर्लूनाः सकृल्लनाः श्राद्धं वृद्धिमृते सदा
ekoddiṣṭamaputrāṇāṃ puṃsāṃ syādyopitāmapi / ekoddiṣṭe kuśā grāhyāḥ samūlā yajñakarmaṇi / bahirlūnāḥ sakṛllanāḥ śrāddhaṃ vṛddhimṛte sadā
The ekoddiṣṭa is for men who have no sons, and also for women. In the ekoddiṣṭa the kuśa grasses are to be taken with their roots for the sacrificial act; (they are) cut outside, cut at a single stroke. The śrāddha is always (so performed) at a festive occasion and at a death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.8
कर्तव्ये पार्वणे श्राद्धे आशौचं यदि जायते । आशौचावगमे कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं हि तदनन्तरम्
kartavye pārvaṇe śrāddhe āśaucaṃ yadi jāyate / āśaucāvagame kuryācchrāddhaṃ hi tadanantaram
If, when the pārvaṇa śrāddha is to be performed, a state of ritual impurity arises, one should perform the śrāddha immediately after the impurity has passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.9
एकोद्दिष्टे तु सम्प्राप्ते यदि विघ्नः प्रजायते । मासेन्यस्मिन् तिथौ तस्यां कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं तदैव हि
ekoddiṣṭe tu samprāpte yadi vighnaḥ prajāyate / māsenyasmin tithau tasyāṃ kuryācchrāddhaṃ tadaiva hi
But if an obstruction arises when the time for the ekoddiṣṭa has arrived, one should perform the śrāddha in another month, on that same lunar day, and then indeed (it is valid).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.10
तूष्णीं श्राद्धान्तु शूद्रस्य भार्यायास्तत्सुतस्य च । कन्यायाश्च द्विजातीनामनुपेतद्विजस्य च
tūṣṇīṃ śrāddhāntu śūdrasya bhāryāyāstatsutasya ca / kanyāyāśca dvijātīnāmanupetadvijasya ca
But the śrāddha of a śūdra, of (his) wife and of his son, and of a girl of the twice-born, and of a twice-born who has not yet been invested (with the sacred thread), (should be performed) silently (without mantras).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.11
एककाले गता सूनां बहूनामथ वा द्वयोः । तन्त्रेण श्रपणं कुर्याच्छ्राद्धं कुर्यात् पृथक्पृथक्
ekakāle gatā sūnāṃ bahūnāmatha vā dvayoḥ / tantreṇa śrapaṇaṃ kuryācchrāddhaṃ kuryāt pṛthakpṛthak
When the lives of many, or of two, have departed at one and the same time, one should do the cooking in a single operation, but should perform the śrāddha separately for each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.12
दद्यात् पूर्वं मृतस्यादौ द्वितीयस्य ततः पुनः । तृतीयस्य ततः कुर्यात् संनिपाते त्वयं विधिः (क्रमः)
dadyāt pūrvaṃ mṛtasyādau dvitīyasya tataḥ punaḥ / tṛtīyasya tataḥ kuryāt saṃnipāte tvayaṃ vidhiḥ (kramaḥ)
He should offer first to the one who died first, then again to the second, and thereafter he should perform (it) for the third; this is the rule (order) when (deaths) coincide.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.13
प्रत्यब्दमेवं यः कुर्याद्यथातथमतन्द्रितः । तारयित्वा पितॄन् सर्वान् प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्
pratyabdamevaṃ yaḥ kuryādyathātathamatandritaḥ / tārayitvā pitṝn sarvān prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim
He who thus performs (this) year after year, properly and without slackness, having ferried across all the forefathers, attains the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.14
न ज्ञायते मृताहश्चेत् प्रस्थानदिनमेव च । मासश्चेत् स्यात् परिज्ञातस्तद्दर्शे स्यान्मृताहिकम्
na jñāyate mṛtāhaścet prasthānadinameva ca / māsaścet syāt parijñātastaddarśe syānmṛtāhikam
If the day of death is not known, nor even the day of departure, but the month is known, then the death-rite should be (performed) at the new moon of that (month).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.15
यदा मासो न विज्ञातो विज्ञातं दिनमेव च । तदा मार्गशिरे मासि माघे वा तद्दिनं भवेत्
yadā māso na vijñāto vijñātaṃ dinameva ca / tadā mārgaśire māsi māghe vā taddinaṃ bhavet
When the month is not known but the day (of the lunar fortnight) is known, then that day should fall in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa or in Māgha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.16
दिनमासावविज्ञातौ मरणस्य यदा पुनः । प्रस्थानदिनमासौ तु ग्राह्यौ श्राद्धे मयोदितौ
dinamāsāvavijñātau maraṇasya yadā punaḥ / prasthānadinamāsau tu grāhyau śrāddhe mayoditau
But when both the day and the month of the death are unknown, then the day and month of (his) departure are to be taken for the śrāddha, as declared by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.17
प्रस्थानस्यापि न ज्ञातौ दिनमासौ यदा पुनः । मृतवार्ताश्रुतौ ग्राह्यौ पूर्वप्रोक्तक्रमेण तु
prasthānasyāpi na jñātau dinamāsau yadā punaḥ / mṛtavārtāśrutau grāhyau pūrvaproktakrameṇa tu
But when the day and month of the departure too are not known, the (day and month) of the hearing of the news of the death are to be taken, by the procedure stated before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.18
प्रवासमन्तरेणापि स्यातां तौ विस्मृतौ यदा । तदानीमपि तौ ग्राह्यौ पूर्ववत् तु मृताहिके
pravāsamantareṇāpi syātāṃ tau vismṛtau yadā / tadānīmapi tau grāhyau pūrvavat tu mṛtāhike
When, even apart from (any) sojourn abroad, those two (the day and month) have been forgotten, then too they (the day and month of hearing) are to be taken as before for the death-rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.19
गृहस्थे प्रोषिते यच्च कश्चित्तु म्रियते गृहे । आसौचापगमे यत्र प्रारब्धे श्राद्धकर्मणि
gṛhasthe proṣite yacca kaścittu mriyate gṛhe / āsaucāpagame yatra prārabdhe śrāddhakarmaṇi
And when the householder is away abroad and someone dies in the house, and at the passing of the impurity the śrāddha rite has (already) been begun there—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.20
प्रत्यागतश्चेज्जानाति तत्र वृत्तं गृही तथा । आशौचं गृहिणस्तेषां न द्रव्यादेस्तदा भवेत्
pratyāgataścejjānāti tatra vṛttaṃ gṛhī tathā / āśaucaṃ gṛhiṇasteṣāṃ na dravyādestadā bhavet
—if the householder, having returned, learns what happened there, then there is no impurity for the householder or for those (others), nor for the materials and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.21
पुत्रादिना यदारब्धं श्राद्धं तत्त्वेन वाखिलम् । समापनीयं तत्रापि श्राद्धं गृहीतु दूरतः
putrādinā yadārabdhaṃ śrāddhaṃ tattvena vākhilam / samāpanīyaṃ tatrāpi śrāddhaṃ gṛhītu dūrataḥ
The śrāddha that was begun by the son or another should be completed, either in essence or in full; and there too the householder's (own) śrāddha (is performed) from afar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.22
दात्रा बोक्त्रा च न ज्ञातं सूतकं मृतकं तथा । उभयोरपि तद्दोषं नारोपयति कर्हिचित्
dātrā boktrā ca na jñātaṃ sūtakaṃ mṛtakaṃ tathā / ubhayorapi taddoṣaṃ nāropayati karhicit
When neither the giver nor the eater has known of a birth-impurity or a death-impurity, that fault is never laid upon either of the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.23
यदा त्वन्यतरज्ञातं सूतकं मृतकं तथा । भोक्तुरेव तदा दोषो नान्यो दाता प्रदुष्यति
yadā tvanyatarajñātaṃ sūtakaṃ mṛtakaṃ tathā / bhoktureva tadā doṣo nānyo dātā praduṣyati
But when the birth-impurity or the death-impurity is known to one of the two, then the fault is the eater's alone; the other, the giver, is not defiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.24
इत्युक्तेन प्रकारेण यः कुर्यान्मृतवासरम् । अविज्ञातमृताहस्य सततं तारयत्यसौ
ityuktena prakāreṇa yaḥ kuryānmṛtavāsaram / avijñātamṛtāhasya satataṃ tārayatyasau
He who performs the death-day (rite) in the manner thus stated ferries across for ever (the ancestor) whose day of death is unknown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.25
नित्यश्राद्धे ऽथ गन्धाद्यैर्द्विजानभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः । सर्वान् पितृगणान् सम्यक् सहैवोद्दिश्य योजयेत्
nityaśrāddhe 'tha gandhādyairdvijānabhyarcya bhaktitaḥ / sarvān pitṛgaṇān samyak sahaivoddiśya yojayet
Now, at the regular śrāddha, having worshipped the brahmins with perfumes and the rest with devotion, he should duly designate all the groups of ancestors together and engage (the brahmins) for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.26
आवाहनं स्वधाकारो पिण्डाग्नौकरणादिकम् । ब्रह्मचर्यादिनियमा विश्वदेवास्तथैव च
āvāhanaṃ svadhākāro piṇḍāgnaukaraṇādikam / brahmacaryādiniyamā viśvadevāstathaiva ca
The invitation, the utterance of 'svadhā', the rice-balls, the offering into the fire and so forth, the observances beginning with continence, and likewise the Viśvedevas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.27
नित्यश्राद्धे त्यजेदेतान् भोज्यमन्नं प्रकल्पयेत् । दत्त्वा तु दक्षिणां शक्त्या नमस्कारैर्विसर्जयेत्
nityaśrāddhe tyajedetān bhojyamannaṃ prakalpayet / dattvā tu dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā namaskārairvisarjayet
—these he should omit in the regular śrāddha; he should provide food fit to be eaten; and having given a fee according to his means, he should dismiss (the brahmins) with salutations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.28
देवानुद्दिश्य विश्वादीन् यद्दद्याद्द्विजभोजनम् । तन्नित्यश्राद्धवत् कार्यं देवश्राद्धं तदुच्यते
devānuddiśya viśvādīn yaddadyāddvijabhojanam / tannityaśrāddhavat kāryaṃ devaśrāddhaṃ taducyate
The feeding of brahmins that one gives designating the gods, the Viśvedevas and the rest, is to be done like the regular śrāddha; that is called the deva-śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.31
मातृश्राद्धन्तु पूर्वेण कर्मादौ पैतृकं तथा । उत्तरे ऽहनि वृद्धौ स्यान्मातामहगणस्य तु ॥ गर्प्_२,४५।२९ ॥ श्राद्धत्रयं प्रकुर्र्वीत वैश्वदेवन्तुतान्त्रिकम् ॥ गर्प्_२,४५।३० ॥ मातृभ्यः कल्पयेत्पूर्वं पितृभ्यस्तदनन्तरम् । मातामहेभ्यश्च तथा दद्यादित्थं क्रमेण तु
mātṛśrāddhantu pūrveṇa karmādau paitṛkaṃ tathā / uttare 'hani vṛddhau syānmātāmahagaṇasya tu // garp_2,45.29 // śrāddhatrayaṃ prakurrvīta vaiśvadevantutāntrikam // garp_2,45.30 // mātṛbhyaḥ kalpayetpūrvaṃ pitṛbhyastadanantaram / mātāmahebhyaśca tathā dadyāditthaṃ krameṇa tu
The śrāddha for the mothers (comes) first at the beginning of the rite, and then that for the fathers; but on the following day, at the vṛddhi (rite), it is for the group of the maternal grandfathers. // 29 // One should perform the three śrāddhas, but the Vaiśvadeva one as a single combined procedure. // 30 // He should first arrange (the offering) for the mothers, immediately thereafter for the fathers, and likewise for the maternal grandfathers—thus he should give, in this order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 45.32
मातृश्राद्धे तु विप्राणामभावे सुकुलोद्गताः । पतिपुत्रान्विताः साध्व्यो योषितो ऽष्टौ च भावयेत्
mātṛśrāddhe tu viprāṇāmabhāve sukulodgatāḥ / patiputrānvitāḥ sādhvyo yoṣito 'ṣṭau ca bhāvayet
But in the mother's śrāddha, if brahmins are unavailable, one should feed eight women born of good family, virtuous, possessed of husband and sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.33
इष्टापूर्तादिके श्राद्धं कुर्यादाभ्युदयं तथा । उत्पातादिनिमित्तेषु नित्य श्राद्धवदेव तु
iṣṭāpūrtādike śrāddhaṃ kuryādābhyudayaṃ tathā / utpātādinimitteṣu nitya śrāddhavadeva tu
For sacrificial rites, works of public benefit and the like, one should perform the śrāddha for prosperity (ābhyudayika); on occasions occasioned by portents and the like, (one should perform it) just as in the regular (nitya) śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 45.34
नित्यं दैवञ्च वृद्धिञ्च काम्यं नैमित्तिकं तथा । श्राद्धान्युक्तप्रकारेण कुर्वन् सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । इति ते कथितं तार्क्ष्य किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि
nityaṃ daivañca vṛddhiñca kāmyaṃ naimittikaṃ tathā / śrāddhānyuktaprakāreṇa kurvan siddhimavāpnuyāt / iti te kathitaṃ tārkṣya kimanyatparipṛcchasi
The regular, the divine, the prosperity (śrāddha), the optional and the occasional: performing these śrāddhas in the manner declared, one attains success. Thus it has been told to you, O Tārkṣya; what else do you ask?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition