Jatukarnya 1.6: Smṛticandrikā · Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) · Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)

1.6

pitari proṣite yasya na vārtā naiva cāgatiḥ | ūrdhvaṃ pañcadaśād varṣāt kṛtvā tatpratirūpakam || kuryāt tasya ca saṃskāraṃ yathoktavidhinā tataḥ

When a father is abroad and there is neither news nor return, / after fifteen years, having made an effigy of him, / one should then perform his funeral rites according to the prescribed rule.

If one's father has gone abroad and there is no news and no return, after fifteen years he should make an effigy of him and perform his funeral rites by the prescribed rule.