व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
गृहमेधिनस्त्वसंख्येयाः श्मशानान्याश्रयन्ति ते / अष्टाशीतिसहस्राणि निहिता उत्तरापथे
gṛhamedhinastvasaṃkhyeyāḥ śmaśānānyāśrayanti te / aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi nihitā uttarāpathe
Countless gṛhamedhins resort to the cremation grounds; eighty-eight thousand are said to be laid upon the Uttarāpatha, the northern path.