Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 8
GaP 2 8.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८ गरुड उवाच । स्वामिन्कस्याधिकारो ऽत्र सर्व एवौर्ध्वदेहिके । क्रियाः कतिविधाः प्रोक्ता वदैतत्सर्वमेव मे
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 8 garuḍa uvāca / svāminkasyādhikāro 'tra sarva evaurdhvadehike / kriyāḥ katividhāḥ proktā vadaitatsarvameva me
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 8. Garuḍa said: Lord, who is entitled in this matter, in all the rites for the departed? How many kinds of rites are declared? Tell me all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । पुत्रः पौत्रः प्रपौत्रो वा तद्भ्राता भ्रातृसन्ततिः । सपिण्डसन्ततिर्वापि क्रियार्हाः खग ज्ञातयः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / putraḥ pautraḥ prapautro vā tadbhrātā bhrātṛsantatiḥ / sapiṇḍasantatirvāpi kriyārhāḥ khaga jñātayaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: A son, a grandson, or a great-grandson, his brother, a brother's offspring, or else the offspring of the sapiṇḍas — these kinsmen, O bird, are fit for the rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.3
तेषामभावे सर्वेषां समानोदकसन्ततिः । कुलद्वये ऽपि चोच्छिन्ने स्त्रीभिः कार्याः क्रियाः खग
teṣāmabhāve sarveṣāṃ samānodakasantatiḥ / kuladvaye 'pi cocchinne strībhiḥ kāryāḥ kriyāḥ khaga
In the absence of all of them, the offspring of those sharing water-offerings (samānodaka); and when both lines are cut off, the rites are to be performed by the women, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.4
इच्छयोच्छिन्नबन्धश्च कारयेदवनीपतिः । पूर्वाः क्रिया मध्यमाश्च तथा चैवोत्तराः क्रियाः
icchayocchinnabandhaśca kārayedavanīpatiḥ / pūrvāḥ kriyā madhyamāśca tathā caivottarāḥ kriyāḥ
And for one whose kin are cut off, the lord of the earth should have (them) performed at his own wish — the earlier rites, the middle ones, and likewise the later rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.5
प्रतिसंवत्सरं पक्षिन्नेकोद्दिष्टविधानतः । श्राद्धं तत्र प्रकर्तव्यं फलं तस्य शृणुष्व मे
pratisaṃvatsaraṃ pakṣinnekoddiṣṭavidhānataḥ / śrāddhaṃ tatra prakartavyaṃ phalaṃ tasya śṛṇuṣva me
Year after year, O bird, a śrāddha is to be performed there according to the ekoddiṣṭa rule; hear from me its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.6
ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रनासत्यसूर्याग्निवसुमारुतान् । विश्वेदेवान्पितृ गणान्वयांसि मनुजान्पशून्
brahmendrarudranāsatyasūryāgnivasumārutān / viśvedevānpitṛ gaṇānvayāṃsi manujānpaśūn
Brahmā, Indra, Rudra, the Nāsatyas, the Sun, Fire, the Vasus, the Maruts, the Viśvedevas, the hosts of the fathers, birds, men, cattle —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.7
सरीसृपान्मातृगणान्यच्चान्यद्भूतसंज्ञितम् । श्राद्धं श्रद्धान्वितः कुर्वन्प्रीणयत्यखिलं जगत्
sarīsṛpānmātṛgaṇānyaccānyadbhūtasaṃjñitam / śrāddhaṃ śraddhānvitaḥ kurvanprīṇayatyakhilaṃ jagat
— creeping things, the hosts of mothers, and whatever else is called a bhūta: performing the śrāddha with faith, he gratifies the entire world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.8
ते तृप्तास्तर्पयन्त्येनं पुत्रदारधनैस्तथा । अधिकारः क्रियाभेदः समासात्ते निरूपितः
te tṛptāstarpayantyenaṃ putradāradhanaistathā / adhikāraḥ kriyābhedaḥ samāsātte nirūpitaḥ
They, being satisfied, satisfy him with sons, wife and wealth. The entitlement and the classification of the rites have been set forth to you in brief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.9
गरुड उवाच । उक्तेष्वेको ऽपि चेन्न स्यादधिकारी सुरोत्तम । कर्तव्यं किं तदा विष्णो पुरुषेण विजानता
garuḍa uvāca / ukteṣveko 'pi cenna syādadhikārī surottama / kartavyaṃ kiṃ tadā viṣṇo puruṣeṇa vijānatā
Garuḍa said: If among those mentioned not even one entitled person should exist, O best of gods, what then is to be done, Viṣṇu, by a man who knows?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.10
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अधिकारो यदा नास्ति यदि नास्ति च निश्चयः । जीविते सति जीवाय दद्याच्छ्राद्धंस्वयं नरः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / adhikāro yadā nāsti yadi nāsti ca niścayaḥ / jīvite sati jīvāya dadyācchrāddhaṃsvayaṃ naraḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: When there is no entitled person, and if there is no certainty (of one), then a man, while he is still living, should himself give the śrāddha for his own living self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.11
कृतोपवासः सुस्नातः कृष्णासङ्गः समाहितः । कर्तारमथ भोक्तारं विष्णुं सर्वेश्वरं यजेत्
kṛtopavāsaḥ susnātaḥ kṛṣṇāsaṅgaḥ samāhitaḥ / kartāramatha bhoktāraṃ viṣṇuṃ sarveśvaraṃ yajet
Having fasted, well bathed, wearing black (raiment), collected in mind, he should worship Viṣṇu, the lord of all, as the performer and the enjoyer (of the rite).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.12
सदक्षिणाश्च सतिलास्तिस्त्रश्च जलधेनवः । निवेदयेत्पितृभ्यश्च स्वधेति सुसमाहितः
sadakṣiṇāśca satilāstistraśca jaladhenavaḥ / nivedayetpitṛbhyaśca svadheti susamāhitaḥ
And, well composed, he should offer to the fathers three water-cows, with the sacrificial fee and with sesame, saying "svadhā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.13
अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्वधा नम इति स्मरन् । सोमायत्वा पितृमते स्वधा नम इति स्मरन्
agnaye kavyavāhanāya svadhā nama iti smaran / somāyatvā pitṛmate svadhā nama iti smaran
Reciting "To Agni the bearer of oblations, svadhā, homage," and reciting "To Soma who is attended by the fathers, svadhā, homage" —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.14
दक्षिणेन तु दद्याच्च तृतीयां दक्षिणायुताम् । यमायाङ्गिरसे चाथ स्वधा नम इति स्मरन्
dakṣiṇena tu dadyācca tṛtīyāṃ dakṣiṇāyutām / yamāyāṅgirase cātha svadhā nama iti smaran
— and with the southern (hand) he should give the third, together with the fee, reciting "To Yama Āṅgirasa, svadhā, homage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.15
तयोर्मध्ये तु निः क्षिप्य विप्रान्संमन्त्र्य भो जयेत् । प्रथमामुत्तरे न्यस्य द्वितीयां दक्षिणे न्यसेत्
tayormadhye tu niḥ kṣipya viprānsaṃmantrya bho jayet / prathamāmuttare nyasya dvitīyāṃ dakṣiṇe nyaset
Setting (it) down in the middle of those two, and having formally addressed the brahmins, he should feed (them). Placing the first to the north, he should place the second to the south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.16
मध्ये तृतीयां विन्यस्य पश्चादावाहनादिकम् । आवाहनादिना पूर्वं विश्वेदेवान्प्रपूज्यच
madhye tṛtīyāṃ vinyasya paścādāvāhanādikam / āvāhanādinā pūrvaṃ viśvedevānprapūjyaca
Placing the third in the middle, afterwards (he performs) the invocation and the rest; and first, having duly worshipped the Viśvedevas with the invocation and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.17
वसुभ्यस्त्वामहं विप्र रुद्रेभ्यस्त्वामहं ततः । सूर्येभ्यस्त्वामहं विप्र भोजयामीति तान्वदेत्
vasubhyastvāmahaṃ vipra rudrebhyastvāmahaṃ tataḥ / sūryebhyastvāmahaṃ vipra bhojayāmīti tānvadet
he should say to them: "O brahmin, I feed you on behalf of the Vasus; then, I feed you on behalf of the Rudras; O brahmin, I feed you on behalf of the Sūryas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.18
आवाहनादिकं शेषं कुर्याच्च पितृशेषवत् । साम्यां धेनुं ततो दद्याद्वसूद्देशं द्विजाय तु
āvāhanādikaṃ śeṣaṃ kuryācca pitṛśeṣavat / sāmyāṃ dhenuṃ tato dadyādvasūddeśaṃ dvijāya tu
He should perform the invocation and the rest of what remains just as in the rite for the ancestors; then, in the northern (quarter), he should give a cow to a brahmin designated for the Vasus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.19
आग्नेय्यां चाथ रौद्राय याम्यां सूर्यद्विजाय तु । विश्वेभ्यश्चाथ देवेभ्यस्तिलपात्रं निवेदयेत्
āgneyyāṃ cātha raudrāya yāmyāṃ sūryadvijāya tu / viśvebhyaścātha devebhyastilapātraṃ nivedayet
And in the southeast (a gift) to (the brahmin representing) Rudra, in the south to the brahmin (representing) the Sun; and to the Viśve Devas he should present a vessel of sesame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.20
स्वस्तीत्येव तथाक्षय्यं जलं दत्त्वाथ तान्द्विजान् । विसर्जयेत्स्मरन्विष्णुं देवमष्टाक्षरं विभुम्
svastītyeva tathākṣayyaṃ jalaṃ dattvātha tāndvijān / visarjayetsmaranviṣṇuṃ devamaṣṭākṣaraṃ vibhum
Then, having given water with the words "svasti" and "akṣayya," he should dismiss those brahmins, calling to mind Viṣṇu, the god, the mighty lord of the eight syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.21
ततः कामं कुलेशानीं शिवं नारायणं स्मरेत् । चतुर्दश्यां ततो गच्छेद्यथाप्राप्तां सरिद्वराम्
tataḥ kāmaṃ kuleśānīṃ śivaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ smaret / caturdaśyāṃ tato gacchedyathāprāptāṃ saridvarām
Then he may call to mind, as he wishes, Kāma, Kuleśānī, Śiva, and Nārāyaṇa; then on the fourteenth day he should go to whatever great river is available.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.22
वस्त्राणि लोहखण्डानि जितं त इति संजपन् । दक्षिणाभिमुखो वह्निं ज्वालयेत्तत्र च स्वयम्
vastrāṇi lohakhaṇḍāni jitaṃ ta iti saṃjapan / dakṣiṇābhimukho vahniṃ jvālayettatra ca svayam
Reciting "jitaṃ te," (he should offer) garments and pieces of iron; and facing south he should there himself kindle the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.23
पञ्चाशता कुशैर्ब्राह्मीं कृत्वा प्रतिकृतिं दहेत् । हुत्वा श्माशानिकं होमं पूर्णाहुत्यन्तमेव हि
pañcāśatā kuśairbrāhmīṃ kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ dahet / hutvā śmāśānikaṃ homaṃ pūrṇāhutyantameva hi
Having made an effigy with fifty kuśa grasses, he should burn it, having offered the cremation-ground oblation right up to the concluding full oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.24
निरग्रिमथ वा भूमिं यमं रुद्रञ्च संस्मरेत् । हुत्वा प्राधानिके स्थाने पश्चादावाहयेच्च तम्
niragrimatha vā bhūmiṃ yamaṃ rudrañca saṃsmaret / hutvā prādhānike sthāne paścādāvāhayecca tam
Or else, without fire, he should call to mind the earth, Yama, and Rudra; having made the offering, he should afterwards invoke him at the principal place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.25
श्रपयेच्चापरं वह्नौ मुद्गमिश्रं चरुं ततः । तिलतण्डुलमिश्रञ्च द्वितीयं सपवित्रकम्
śrapayeccāparaṃ vahnau mudgamiśraṃ caruṃ tataḥ / tilataṇḍulamiśrañca dvitīyaṃ sapavitrakam
And he should then cook another oblation-porridge in the fire, mixed with mung beans, and a second one mixed with sesame and rice, with a purifying blade of grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.26
ॐ पृथिव्यै नमस्तुभ्यमिति चैकं निवेदयेत् । ॐ यमाय नमश्चेति द्वितीयं तदनन्तरम्
oṃ pṛthivyai namastubhyamiti caikaṃ nivedayet / oṃ yamāya namaśceti dvitīyaṃ tadanantaram
With "Om, homage to you, O Earth," he should present the one; with "Om, homage to Yama," the second right after that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.27
ॐ नमश्चाथ रुद्राय श्माशानपतये नमः । ततो दीप्ते समिद्धे ऽग्नौ भूमौ प्रकृतिदारुणे
oṃ namaścātha rudrāya śmāśānapataye namaḥ / tato dīpte samiddhe 'gnau bhūmau prakṛtidāruṇe
And then "Om, homage to Rudra, homage to the lord of the cremation ground." Then, when the fire is blazing and well kindled on the ground with the ordinary firewood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.28
सप्तभ्यो यमसंज्ञेभ्यो दद्यात्सप्त जलाञ्जलीन् । यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चान्तकाय च
saptabhyo yamasaṃjñebhyo dadyātsapta jalāñjalīn / yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāntakāya ca
he should offer seven handfuls of water to the seven who bear the name of Yama: to Yama, to Dharmarāja, to Mṛtyu, to Antaka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.29
वैवस्वताय कालाय सर्वप्राणहराय च । स्वधाकारनमस्कारप्रणवैः सह सप्तधा
vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvaprāṇaharāya ca / svadhākāranamaskārapraṇavaiḥ saha saptadhā
to Vaivasvata, to Kāla, and to the taker of all breath — seven times, together with the word "svadhā," the salutation, and the praṇava (Om).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.30
अमुकामुकगौत्रैतत्तुभ्यमस्तु तिलोदकम् । प्रदद्याद्दश पिण्डांस्तु अर्घपुष्पसमन्वितान्
amukāmukagautraitattubhyamastu tilodakam / pradadyāddaśa piṇḍāṃstu arghapuṣpasamanvitān
"So-and-so, of such-and-such gotra, may this sesame-water be yours" — and he should offer ten rice-balls accompanied by the offering-water and flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.31
धूपो दीपो बलिर्गन्धः सर्वेषामस्तु चाक्षयः । दश पिण्डांस्तु दान्दत्त्वा विष्णोः सौम्यं मुखं स्मरेत्
dhūpo dīpo balirgandhaḥ sarveṣāmastu cākṣayaḥ / daśa piṇḍāṃstu dāndattvā viṣṇoḥ saumyaṃ mukhaṃ smaret
"May the incense, the lamp, the food-offering, and the perfume be inexhaustible for them all" — having given those ten rice-balls, he should call to mind the gentle face of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 8.32
कुर्याच्च मासिकं मासि सपिण्डीकरणं ततः । आशौचान्ते ततः कुर्यादात्मनो वा मरस्य तु
kuryācca māsikaṃ māsi sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ tataḥ / āśaucānte tataḥ kuryādātmano vā marasya tu
And he should perform the monthly rite each month, and then the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa; then at the end of the period of impurity he should perform it, either for himself or for the dead one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 8.33
कुर्यादस्थिरतां ज्ञात्वा शक्त्यारोग्यधनायुषम् । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं जीवच्छ्राद्धं मया खग
kuryādasthiratāṃ jñātvā śaktyārogyadhanāyuṣam / etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ jīvacchrāddhaṃ mayā khaga
Knowing (life's) instability, he should perform it in accordance with his ability, health, wealth, and lifespan. All this, the śrāddha performed while alive, has been declared to you by me, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition