पितॄनुद्दिश्य योभक्त्या पायसं मधुसंयुतम् । गुडसर्पिस्तिलैःसार्धं गंगांभसि विनिक्षिपेत्
pitṝnuddiśya yobhaktyā pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyutam | guḍasarpistilaiḥsārdhaṃ gaṃgāṃbhasi vinikṣipet
جو عقیدت سے پِتروں (آباء و اجداد) کی نیت کر کے شہد ملی کھیر، اور ساتھ گُڑ، گھی اور تل سمیت گنگا کے جل میں نذر کرے، وہ نہایت مؤثر پِتر ترپن ادا کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a devotee performs pitṛ-offering: a leaf-bowl of pāyasa glistening with honey, with sesame, jaggery, and ghee nearby; hands extend over the river as lamps float and priests chant softly.
Devotional offerings to ancestors become especially efficacious when made in the Gaṅgā.
Gaṅgā-tīrtha (the sacred waters of the Gaṅgā) as honored in Kāśī.
An ancestral offering: pāyasa with honey, along with jaggery, ghee, and sesame, offered into Gaṅgā water.