Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
तर्पणं प्रत्यहं कार्यं भर्तुः कुशतिलोदकैः । तत्पितुस्तत्पितुश्चापि नामगोत्रादिपूर्वकम
tarpaṇaṃ pratyahaṃ kāryaṃ bhartuḥ kuśatilodakaiḥ | tatpitustatpituścāpi nāmagotrādipūrvakama
Chaque jour, qu’on accomplisse le tarpaṇa pour l’époux avec de l’eau mêlée de kuśa et de sésame. De même pour son père et son aïeul, après avoir énoncé le nom, le gotra et le reste selon la règle.
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a devotee holds kuśa in hand, offering water mixed with black sesame in a controlled stream; the Gaṅgā flows beside steps, with a small copper lota and a plate of tila; the devotee softly recites names and gotra.
FAQs
It stresses ongoing gratitude and duty toward the departed through regular ancestral rites.
The practice is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; the verse itself does not name a particular ghat or tirtha.
Daily tarpaṇa using kuśa-grass and sesame-water, with correct naming and gotra recitation, for husband, his father, and grandfather.