प्रेतत्वात्पितरो मुक्ता भवंतु मम शाश्वतम् । यत्किंचिन्मधुसमिश्रं गोक्षीरं घृतपायसम्
pretatvātpitaro muktā bhavaṃtu mama śāśvatam | yatkiṃcinmadhusamiśraṃ gokṣīraṃ ghṛtapāyasam
我が祖霊よ、永くプレータ(餓鬼)の境涯より解き放たれよ。蜜を和えた供物のすべて——牛乳と、ギーで炊いた乳粥(パーヤサ)——
Ritual officiant/pilgrim reciting the piṇḍa-dāna saṅkalpa within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Goṣpada-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Offerings of honey-mixed items, cow’s milk, and ghee-rice are arranged; the devotee prays for ancestors’ release from preta-state, depicted as dark shackles dissolving into light near the sacred water.
Ancestral rites aim not only at appeasement but at release from unsettled states, coupled with pure, sattvic offerings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such offerings are linked with enduring benefit for pitṛs.
Offering śrāddha foods—honey-mixed items, cow’s milk, and ghee-pāyasa—along with the prayer for preta-mokṣa.
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