Varaha Purana 188.4: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 4
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
अन्यस्थानेषु दातव्यं स्नानात्त्वहनि सप्तमे ॥ एवं प्रतिदिनं कार्यं यावच्च दशमं दिनम् ॥
anyasthāneṣu dātavyaṁ snānāt tv ahani saptame || evaṁ pratidinaṁ kāryaṁ yāvac ca daśamaṁ dinam ||
सातवें दिन किसी और जगह पे, नहा के यह करना है। ऐसे ही रोज़ करना है, दसवें दिन तक।
Varāha (continuing instruction)
FAQs
It reflects the calendrical structuring of mourning/purification practice, a key feature for historians of ritual and social regulation.
No location is specified; “another place” (anyasthāna) is left context-dependent.
Sustained daily observance through a defined period is presented as the core discipline of the rite.
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