Shiva Purana
भूतप्रेतपिशाचादि दूरतश्च ततो व्रजेत् ॥ तन्न कार्यं च यच्चैव ततो न भवति द्विजाः ॥ ५० ॥
Evil spirits, ghosts are removed far by the ashes O brahmins, there is no task which cannot be carried out through it.
english translation
bhUtapretapizAcAdi dUratazca tato vrajet ॥ tanna kAryaM ca yaccaiva tato na bhavati dvijAH ॥ 50 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript