Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 85
Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites
चतुर्थे पञ्चमे चैव सत्पमे नवमे तथा । अस्थिसंचयनं प्रोक्तं वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः ॥ ८५ ॥
caturthe pañcame caiva satpame navame tathā | asthisaṃcayanaṃ proktaṃ varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ || 85 ||
La recogida de los huesos (tras la cremación) se prescribe en el cuarto, quinto, séptimo y noveno día—respectivamente, en el debido orden, para las cuatro varṇas.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames asthi-saṃcayana as a regulated saṃskāra: an orderly completion of antyeṣṭi that supports śānti (ritual peace) for the departed and dharmic discipline for the family.
While not directly teaching bhakti, it supports a bhakta’s life of niyama (scriptural observance): devotion is expressed through careful performance of prescribed duties, including last rites done with reverence.
Kalpa (ritual procedure) is primary: it specifies the timing (tithi/day-count) for a post-cremation rite, showing how dharma is applied through precise ceremonial scheduling.