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# Garudapurana 3.28.66

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.28.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.66)

pitryaṃ nayāmi pravihāyaiva ye tu pitruddeśātkevalaṃ yaḥ karoti /  
sa pāpātmā narakānvai prayātītyetadvākyaṃ satyametadbravīmi //

> I do not accept \[offerings to\] ancestral fathers if someone, having abandoned \[them\], performs \[them\] solely for the purpose of the ancestors. / That sinful soul goes indeed to hells; I speak this statement as the truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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