एकः पिण्डप्रदानं च पितृतीर्थे समाचरेत् । अन्यः पश्यति मामत्र फलं ताभ्यां समं स्मृतम्
ekaḥ piṇḍapradānaṃ ca pitṛtīrthe samācaret | anyaḥ paśyati māmatra phalaṃ tābhyāṃ samaṃ smṛtam
એક વ્યક્તિ પિતૃતીથમાં વિધિપૂર્વક પિંડદાન કરે છે; બીજી વ્યક્તિ અહીં મારું દર્શન કરે છે—બન્નેનું ફળ સમાન કહેવાયું છે.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Pitṛ-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa ambit)
Type: ghat
Listener: Unspecified
Scene: A devotee at Prabhāsa offers water with black sesame and a piṇḍa on darbha near a tīrtha edge, then turns to behold the deity—ancestral spirits shown as subtle luminous figures receiving peace from the shared merit.
The verse elevates Prabhāsa-darśana as equal in merit to important ancestral rites performed at a Pitṛtīrtha.
Prabhāsakṣetra; additionally, a Pitṛtīrtha (ancestral holy place) is referenced.
Piṇḍa-pradāna—offering piṇḍas for ancestors—performed at a Pitṛtīrtha.
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