Varaha Purana 188.7: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 7
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
एकादशे च दिवसे एकोद्दिष्टं यथाविधि ॥ स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रेतं विप्रेषु योजयेत् ॥
ekādaśe ca divase ekoddiṣṭaṁ yathāvidhi || snātvā caiva śucir bhūtvā pretaṁ vipreṣu yojayet ||
ग्यारहवें दिन एकोद्दिष्ट करना है, सही तरीके से। नहा के साफ हो के पंडित को प्रेत का काम संभालना है।
Varāha (continuing instruction)
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It specifies the eleventh-day ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha, enabling comparison with parallel prescriptions in Dharmaśāstra and later ritual digests.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.
Perform the rite with cleanliness and prescribed procedure, emphasizing orderly transition from mourning observance to formal ancestral ritual.
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