तिलसंमिश्रतोयेन तर्पयेत्पितृदेवताः । पिण्डदानेन च पित्ःन् पैण्डरीकफलं लभेत्
tilasaṃmiśratoyena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ | piṇḍadānena ca pitḥn paiṇḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet
تل ملے پانی سے پِتر دیوتاؤں کو ترپن کرنے سے پِتر راضی ہوتے ہیں؛ اور پِنڈ دان کے ذریعے آباؤ اجداد کو ‘پَینڈریک’ نامی پُنّیہ پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Tirtha: Jvāleśvara sangama (pitṛ-kriyā tīrtha)
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: Pilgrims on a riverbank perform tarpaṇa: hands cupped, sesame floating in water; nearby, piṇḍas placed on darbha with offerings; subtle presence of satisfied pitṛs in the air.
Serving the ancestors through prescribed offerings is a dhārmic act that yields specific spiritual merit.
The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa, where ancestral rites are praised as highly fruitful.
Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using sesame-mixed water and piṇḍa-dāna to the ancestors.