Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
दुर्गन्धश्चैव नीलश्च कृष्णश्चैव विशेषतः / भूमिं वगाहते यत्र तत्र विद्यात्पराभवत्
durgandhaścaiva nīlaśca kṛṣṇaścaiva viśeṣataḥ / bhūmiṃ vagāhate yatra tatra vidyātparābhavat
If the fire is foul-smelling, blue, or especially black, and where it seems to sink into the earth—know that there is defeat there, an inauspicious sign.