Shloka 42
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
प्रेताय सलिलं देयं बहिर्दग्ध्वा तु गोत्रजैः प्रमे ऽह्नि चतुर्थे वा सप्तमे वास्थिसंचयम्
pretāya salilaṃ deyaṃ bahirdagdhvā tu gotrajaiḥ prame 'hni caturthe vā saptame vāsthisaṃcayam
ప్రేతునకు జలతర్పణం ఇవ్వాలి. గ్రామం వెలుపల దహనం చేసిన తరువాత, గోత్రజులు మరుసటి రోజు లేదా నాల్గవ రోజు లేదా ఏడవ రోజు అస్తిసంచయం చేయాలి।
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FAQs
The verse frames death-rites as a duty of kinship: care for the departed continues beyond cremation through water-offerings and orderly observances, reinforcing gratitude, continuity of family obligations, and social responsibility.
It aligns best with ācāra/dharma material (ritual prescription) rather than the five classic purāṇic topics; within pancalakṣaṇa mapping it is ancillary dharma-vidhi, not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita/manvantara.
Water (salila) symbolizes ongoing support and transition for the preta; the timed bone-collection ritualizes the community’s gradual return from death-impurity to ordered life while honoring the liminal passage of the deceased.