Devi Bhagavatam 11.3.15 — Cosmic Feminine Manifestations, Skandha 11, Adhyaya 3, Shloka 15
Sadachara Nirupanam and Rudraksha Mahatmya
स्नानाङ्गतर्पणं कृत्वा देवर्षिपितृतोषकम् । शुद्धे वस्त्रे परीधाय जलाद्बहिरुपागतः
snānāṅgatarpaṇaṃ kṛtvā devarṣipitṛtoṣakam | śuddhe vastre parīdhāya jalādbahirupāgataḥ
स्नान के अंगभूत तर्पण को करके, जो देवताओं, ऋषियों और पितरों को संतुष्ट करने वाला है, शुद्ध वस्त्र धारण कर जल से बाहर आना चाहिए।
Narayana
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Recitation Occasion: Daily
Phala Shruti: Satisfaction of Gods, Sages, and Ancestors
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Narrator: Narayana
Listener: Narada
Dialogue Context: Instructions on performing Tarpana after bathing
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Text: The concluding act of the river bath (Snananga Tarpana) before stepping onto dry land.
Text: Tarpana is an act of cosmic gratitude. It acknowledges humanity's triple debt (Rina) to the divine forces, the seers who gave knowledge, and the ancestors who gave physical life.
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Tarpana (offering of water) is performed as an integral part of the bathing ritual.
The offering of water during Tarpana satisfies the Devas (Gods), Rishis (Sages), and Pitris (Ancestors).
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