Garudapurana 2.4.168

2.4.168

evaṃ vidhiṃ tataḥ kuryāttataḥ pretaśca muktibhāk /
mṛtabhrāntyā pratikṛteḥ kṛte dāhe sa vai yadi //

Then one should perform the rite in this way, and then the departed spirit attains liberation. / But if, after the cremation of an effigy has been done under the illusion that he was dead, he