सर्वकार्याणि संत्यज्य मानवैः पुण्यमीप्सुभिः । प्राप्ते भाद्रपदे मासे गंतव्या लोहयिष्टका । अज्ञातगोत्रनाम्ना तु पिंड मंत्रमिमं शृणु
sarvakāryāṇi saṃtyajya mānavaiḥ puṇyamīpsubhiḥ | prāpte bhādrapade māse gaṃtavyā lohayiṣṭakā | ajñātagotranāmnā tu piṃḍa maṃtramimaṃ śṛṇu
Those who seek merit should set aside all other duties. When the month of Bhādrapada arrives, one should go to Lohayiṣṭakā. And now hear this piṇḍa-mantra to be used for one of unknown gotra and name.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic instruction; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Lohayiṣṭakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims depart with minimal belongings in Bhādrapada season (monsoon’s end), approaching Lohayiṣṭakā; a teacher recites a special piṇḍa-mantra to a devotee preparing offerings for unknown-gotra ancestors.
Prioritizing sacred pilgrimage and ancestral rites at the right time and place is presented as a direct path to puṇya.
Lohayiṣṭakā is explicitly named as the destination associated with merit and pitṛ-rites.
Travel to Lohayiṣṭakā in Bhādrapada and use a specific piṇḍa-mantra for unknown gotra/name.