Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
तर्पणं प्रत्यहं कार्यं भर्तुः कुशतिलोदकैः । तत्पितुस्तत्पितुश्चापि नामगोत्रादिपूर्वकम
tarpaṇaṃ pratyahaṃ kāryaṃ bhartuḥ kuśatilodakaiḥ | tatpitustatpituścāpi nāmagotrādipūrvakama
ہر روز شوہر کے لیے کُشا اور تل ملے ہوئے پانی سے ترپن کرنا چاہیے؛ اور اسی طرح اس کے والد اور دادا کے لیے بھی، نام، گوتر وغیرہ کی درست یاد دہانی کے ساتھ پہلے ذکر کر کے۔
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.