History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.278.2

v5.c74.t2.278.2

Then on the same day he should go to the Pretaśilā which adjoins the west bank of the river Phalgu and is to the north of Gayā and perform srāddha there as follows: he should perform the purification of the ground, sit down on it, perform ācamana, face the south, wear the sacred thread in the *apasavya* form, recite the verses (Vāyu 110 10-12 'Kavyavālo...śrāddhenānena śāśvatīm), contemplate on his pitṛs, perform prāṇāyāma, sprinkle water on the materials for srāddha after remembering Puṇḍarīkākṣa (Viṣṇu), make the saṅkalpa (set out in note 1516). He should go through the whole procedure of srāddha up to the payment of dakṣiṇā to brāhmaṇas. After this he should sit to the south of the altar (where he performed the śrāddha), should wear the sacred thread in the *apasavya* form, face the south, place on the ground three *kuśas* and after reciting the *mantra* (Vāyu 110. 10–12) should make an invocation once in the form of offering an *añjali* of water mixed with sesame, then honour the father with *pādya* (water for washing the feet), recite the two verses (Vāyu 110. 20-21 'ā brahma.. tilodakam' with *om* prefixed), perform invocation as before of the father and others with water in folded hands and should offer a piṇḍa to his father of pāyasa or other material mixed with sesame, water and honey with the words 'Om, adya amuka-gotra pitar-amukadevaśarman, eṣa te piṇḍaḥ svadhā'. In this way he should offer piṇḍa to the remaining eleven devatās, viz.