Shloka 4
Narmadā Pilgrimage Itinerary: Sequence of Tīrthas, Rites, and Fruits
पितामहं ततो गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणा निर्मितं पुरा । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या पितृपिंडं तु दापयेत्
pitāmahaṃ tato gacchedbrahmaṇā nirmitaṃ purā | tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā pitṛpiṃḍaṃ tu dāpayet
ତାପରେ ପିତାମହ ତୀର୍ଥକୁ ଯିବା ଉଚିତ, ଯାହା ପୁରାତନକାଳେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ନିର୍ମିତ। ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରି ଭକ୍ତିସହିତ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କୁ ପିଣ୍ଡଦାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
Unspecified (narrative instruction within the Svarga-khaṇḍa pilgrimage/rite context)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणा = गच्छेत् + ब्रह्मणा; पितृपिंडं = पितृपिण्डम् (anusvāra sandhi in Devanagari).
FAQs
It prescribes bathing (snāna) at the sacred site and then offering the ancestral piṇḍa (pitṛpiṇḍa) with devotion as part of pitṛ rites/śrāddha observance.
The verse frames the tīrtha’s sanctity by stating it was created by Brahmā long ago, grounding the site’s authority in a primordial divine origin.
It explicitly says the offering should be done 'bhaktyā'—with devotion—indicating that inner reverence is integral to the merit of the rite, not merely the external procedure.