अध्याय १८
श्लोक 1
मत्स्य-पुराण १८ एकोद्दिष्टमतो वक्ष्ये यदुक्तं चक्रपाणिना मृते पुत्रैर्यथा कार्यम् आशौचं च पितर्यपि
matsya-purāṇa 18 ekoddiṣṭamato vakṣye yaduktaṃ cakrapāṇinā mṛte putrairyathā kāryam āśaucaṃ ca pitaryapi
हिन्दी अर्थ
यदानन्दकरं ब्रह्म जगत्क्लेशविनाशनम्। ब्रह्मविष्ण्वर्क रुद्राणामभ्यन्तरमतीन्द्रियम् माहात्प्यात्तपसा विप्राः परमानन्दकारकम् समादायाथ तं गर्भमेकीकृत्य चतुर्मुखः
English
Suta said: 1 sliall now relate to you the Ekoddista radclha, as explained by the Lord, and will also tell you for wliat period a son should consider himself defiled after the deatli of liis fntlier. By tlie death of a kinsman [Sapktda) a Bi-rdniiana renutins defiled for ten days, a Katrya for 12 days, a Vaisjya for 15 days, a Jildra for a inonih. By the demise of one whose tonsure ceremony was not perfortiK'l, one remains defiled f(»r 3 nights. Similarly, people of all classes are defiled for a period wlien there is a child-birth in ihe Ijousc. At the lime of a death till tht corpse is burnt and the ashes arc collected, tlu- person in wliose family the death occurs should not be considered contaminated. Commemnng from the day of tlie demise of the person, a lump of food should be offered to the departed spirit, for a period of twelve days. That offering is Patheya (that is viaticum) and is consequently most agreeable. — 1-5.