Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
तर्पणं प्रत्यहं कार्यं भर्तुः कुशतिलोदकैः । तत्पितुस्तत्पितुश्चापि नामगोत्रादिपूर्वकम
tarpaṇaṃ pratyahaṃ kāryaṃ bhartuḥ kuśatilodakaiḥ | tatpitustatpituścāpi nāmagotrādipūrvakama
ప్రతిరోజూ కుశా-నువ్వులు కలిపిన నీటితో భర్తకు తర్పణం చేయాలి; అలాగే అతని తండ్రి, పితామహులకు కూడా పేరు-గోత్రాది పేర్కొని తర్పణం చేయాలి।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a devotee holds kuśa in hand, offering water mixed with black sesame in a controlled stream; the Gaṅgā flows beside steps, with a small copper lota and a plate of tila; the devotee softly recites names and gotra.
FAQs
It stresses ongoing gratitude and duty toward the departed through regular ancestral rites.
The practice is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; the verse itself does not name a particular ghat or tirtha.
Daily tarpaṇa using kuśa-grass and sesame-water, with correct naming and gotra recitation, for husband, his father, and grandfather.