मासान्ते पितरो नृणां वीक्षन्ते सन्ततिं स्वकाम् । कश्चिदस्मत्कुलेऽस्माकं पिण्डमत्र प्रदास्यति
māsānte pitaro nṛṇāṃ vīkṣante santatiṃ svakām | kaścidasmatkule'smākaṃ piṇḍamatra pradāsyati
માસાંતરે પિતૃઓ પોતાની સંતતિ તરફ જુએ છે—‘અમારા કુળમાં કોઈ અહીં પિંડદાન કરશે કે?’
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Implied Somnātha/Prabhāsa kṣetra as piṇḍa-pradāna-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)
Scene: Subtle, twilight scene: unseen Pitṛs gaze toward earth from a luminous ancestral realm at month’s end; below, a pilgrim at a river/sea-edge offers piṇḍas on darbha, with lamps flickering in wind.
One should not neglect pitṛ-kārya; ancestors depend on descendants’ offerings, especially at sacred places.
The verse points to ‘here’ within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-context (a Revā/Narmadā-region shrine or ghat where piṇḍa is offered).
Offering piṇḍa (piṇḍa-dāna/śrāddha offering) for the Pitṛs.
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