तिलहेमप्रदानं च पिण्डदानं च तत्र वै । पितॄनुद्दिश्य दद्याद्वै तेषां प्रेतत्वमुक्तये
tilahemapradānaṃ ca piṇḍadānaṃ ca tatra vai | pitṝnuddiśya dadyādvai teṣāṃ pretatvamuktaye
وهناك حقًّا ينبغي أن يُقدَّمَ تبرّعٌ بالسمسم والذهب، وأن تُقدَّمَ أيضًا قرابينُ پِنْدَة (piṇḍa)، مُهداةً إلى الأسلاف «پِتْرِس» (Pitṛs)، لكي يتحرّروا من حالِ پْرِيتا (تيه ما بعد الموت).
Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pitṛ-kārya spot within the kṣetra)
Type: ghat
Scene: On the Prabhāsa shore/near a sacred water spot, a householder offers piṇḍas and tila with solemn devotion, invoking Pitṛs; priests guide the rite; the mood is compassionate and liberative.
Sacred giving and ancestor-offerings performed at a holy place are upheld as powerful acts of compassion that aid the departed.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Bhūtanātheśvara Māhātmya context.
Tila-dāna (sesame charity), hema-dāna (gold charity), and piṇḍa-dāna dedicated to the Pitṛs for release from preta-condition.