येऽबांधवा बांधवा वा येऽन्यजन्मनि बांधवाः । येपि चाज्ञातनामानो ये चापुत्राः स्वगोत्रजाः
ye'bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā vā ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ | yepi cājñātanāmāno ye cāputrāḥ svagotrajāḥ
Будь они не родня или родня, будь то родственники из иного рождения; даже те, чьи имена неизвестны, и те из своего рода, кто умер без сыновей,—все включены.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience (ṛṣis/pilgrims)
Scene: A compassionate rite on Kāśī’s ghats: a devotee offers water and piṇḍa with a broad saṅkalpa, while faint ancestral silhouettes—known and unknown, sonless and forgotten—gather to receive.
Ancestral duty is inclusive and humane: one should extend offerings beyond known names and immediate family, embracing forgotten and unsupported souls.
The verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Gaṅgā-centered pitṛkarman discussion, highlighting the spiritual reach of rites done at this tīrtha.
During tarpaṇa/śrāddha, explicitly include unknown-named departed, sonless members of one’s gotra, and even non-relatives or past-life relations.