[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.220.6 # Garudapurana 1.220.6 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.220.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.220.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220.6) tato devaprabhṛtibhya apośānaṃ dadyāt / atithiprāptau atidhiśrāddhaṃ kuryāt / asminnavasare vikiraṇam / pitāmāhadau praśraṃ kṛtvā pitṛbrāhmaṇam oṃ svaditaṃ bhavadbhiriti praśraḥ / oṃ amukagotra matpitaḥ amukaśarman sapatnīka eṣa te piṇḍo ye cātratvāmanuyāśca tvāmanu tasmai svadheti piṇḍapātramacchidramastu / tataḥ saṅkalpa siddhivācanaṃ samāpya piṇḍaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā ye samānāḥ sumanasa iti mantradvayaṃ paṭhitvā pitāmahavṛddhaprapitāmahapātreṣu kṣipet / piṇḍeṣu gandhādikaṃ dattvā piṇḍacālanam / atithibrāhmaṇe svaditādipraśraḥ / brāhmaṇānāmācamanam / bhuktikrameṇa tāmbūladānam / suprokṣitamastu śivā āpaḥ santu--vṛddhaprapitāmahakrameṇa brāhmaṇahaste jaladānam / gotrasyākṣayyamastu pitṛbrāhmaṇahaste upatiṣṭatāmiti satijaladānam // > Then one should offer water for sipping to the gods and others. / If a guest arrives, one should perform the guest śrāddha. / At this juncture, scattering \[food for spirits\]. / Having questioned the grandfather and others, the question to the father's brāhmaṇa: "Oṃ, was it relished by you?" / "Oṃ, of such gotra, my father, such-and-such Śarman, with your wife, this is your piṇḍa, and for those who follow you here and whom you follow; to him, svadhā!"—may the piṇḍa-vessel be unbroken. / Then, completing the declaration of resolve and recitation of success, dividing the piṇḍa in two; reciting the two mantras: "Ye samānāḥ sumanasaḥ…"; one should place \[the portions\] into the vessels of the grandfather and great-great-grandfather. / Offering fragrance and other items upon the piṇḍas, and moving the piṇḍas. / The question regarding whether it was relished, etc., to the guest brāhmaṇa. / Sipping of water by the brāhmaṇas. / Offering betel in the order of eating. / "May it be well sprinkled; may the waters be auspicious"—giving water into the hands of the brāhmaṇas in the order of the great-great-grandfather. / "May there be imperishability for the gotra"; giving water into the hand of the father's brāhmaṇa with the words: "May it attend \[upon you\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220.5) - [Next: 1.220.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220.7) - [Up: 1.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.220.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.220.6) · Pramāṇa