दरिद्रोपहता यद्वद्धनं वांछंति मानवाः । पितरस्तद्वदिच्छंति क्षुत्क्षामाश्चन्द्रसं क्षयम्
daridropahatā yadvaddhanaṃ vāṃchaṃti mānavāḥ | pitarastadvadicchaṃti kṣutkṣāmāścandrasaṃ kṣayam
Как люди, поражённые бедностью, жаждут богатства, так и Питры (Pitṛs), изнурённые голодом и нуждой, жаждут убывания Луны — времени новолуния.
Unspecified (didactic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: ghat
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A poor family gazes at a small heap of coins/food with longing; mirrored by subtle Pitṛ figures gazing toward a śrāddha plate under a dark moon; the householder bridges the worlds by offering food and water.
Human longing is used as an analogy to stress the urgency of feeding and satisfying ancestors through timely rites.
This verse supports the broader Tīrthamāhātmya theme of merit in properly-timed rites; no single tirtha is named in this line.
Perform pitṛ offerings around candrasaṃkṣaya (amāvāsyā/new moon), when the Pitṛs are said to be in greatest need.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.