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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.74

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 74

प्रेतश्राद्धविधानम्The preta-śrāddha

Verse 74

अशौचान्तात् द्वितीयेऽह्नि श्राद्धं यत् कुरुते नरः । प्रेतश्राद्धं विजानीहि तदेव कुलनायिके ॥ ७४ ॥

aśaucāntāt dvitīyē’hni śrāddhaṁ yat kurutē naraḥ | prētaśrāddhaṁ vijānīhi tadēva kulanāyikē || 74 ||

Translation

The śrāddha a man performs on the second day after impurity ends, know that, Kulanāyikā, as the preta-śrāddha.

Word by word

aśauca
of impurity
antāt
(antāt) from the end
dvitīyē
on the second
ahni
day
śrāddhaṁ
the śrāddha
yat
(yat) which
kurutē
performs
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
prētaśrāddhaṁ
the preta-śrāddha
vijānīhi
know
tat
(tat) that
ēva
indeed
kulanāyikē
O Kulanāyikā

Meaning

The first śrāddha comes the day after the period of impurity.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But what is the preta-śrāddha? To that he says "aśaucāntāt" and the rest. Aśaucāntāt: from that in which there is the end of impurity, the day on which the impurity ends.