Prapanca told details of the "sraddha" ceremony, performed to honour the soul of a deceased. He described specifically the ceremony for the Queen Grandmother's soul, Gayatri Rajapatni, who had died twelve years earlier. In the canto 63, stanza 4, Prapanca narrated the preparation of the ceremony by the court artisans. During the ceremony, lion thrones were erected, where priests placed a flower effigy ("puspa") symbolising the soul of the Queen Grandmother. The descent of the soul to earth and its final placement in the "puspa" were narrated in canto 64, stanza 5.