गयाश्राद्धसमं पुण्यं तेषां चंद्र भविष्यति । तथा दानं प्रकर्तव्यं सोम लोकैर्ग्रहे तव
gayāśrāddhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ teṣāṃ caṃdra bhaviṣyati | tathā dānaṃ prakartavyaṃ soma lokairgrahe tava
اے چندر! ان کا پُنّیہ گَیا شرادھ کے برابر ہوگا۔ اور تمہارے گرہن کے وقت، خصوصاً سوم لوک کے باشندوں کو، شاستر کے مطابق دان کرنا چاہیے۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (śrāddha locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha) and, within the quoted address, Candra
Scene: A ritual assembly under a darkened sky during a lunar eclipse: devotees give dāna to brāhmaṇas; a moon disk partially shadowed above; offerings of sesame, water, and lamps near the tīrtha.
A powerful tīrtha can grant merit comparable to the most renowned ancestral rite-sites, and dāna during sacred times multiplies spiritual benefit.
Prabhāsatīrtha, whose rites are said to equal Gayā-śrāddha in merit.
Śrāddha-related acts are praised, and dāna (charity) is specifically recommended during the lunar eclipse.