तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु कृतैः श्राद्धैश्च यत्फलम् । पितॄणां तत्फलं प्रोक्तं गोमतीतिलतर्पणात्
tīrthakoṭisahasraistu kṛtaiḥ śrāddhaiśca yatphalam | pitṝṇāṃ tatphalaṃ proktaṃ gomatītilatarpaṇāt
Ang bungang para sa mga Pitṛ na nagmumula sa mga śrāddha na ginawa sa sampu-sampung milyong tīrtha—ang bungang iyon din ang ipinahahayag na nagmumula sa pag-aalay ng tubig na may linga (tilatarpaṇa) sa Gomati.
Pitṛs (ancestral beings)
Tirtha: गोमती (tilatarpaṇa-tīrtha within Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim stands knee-deep in the Gomati holding a small vessel; black sesame floats in water as he offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; unseen pitṛs receive; the river glows with sanctity.
Simple, properly done Pitṛ-offerings at an exalted tīrtha can equal vast accumulations of ritual merit performed elsewhere.
The Gomati tīrtha (in the Dvārakā sacred landscape) is praised as uniquely potent for ancestral benefit.
Gomatī-tila-tarpaṇa: offering tarpaṇa with sesame (tila) in the waters of the Gomati for the Pitṛs.