असंख्या यातनासंस्था ये नीता यमशासकैः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिंडं ददाम्यहम्
asaṃkhyā yātanāsaṃsthā ye nītā yamaśāsakaiḥ | teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṃḍaṃ dadāmyaham
جنہیں یم کے کارندوں نے بے شمار عذاب گاہوں میں لے جا رکھا ہے، ان کی نجات کے لیے میں یہ پِنڈ پیش کرتا ہوں۔
Ritual officiant/pilgrim reciting the piṇḍa-dāna saṅkalpa within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark contrast scene: shadowy messengers of Yama leading suffering beings through dark corridors, while in the foreground at Prabhāsa a bright piṇḍa offering radiates light that breaks chains and opens a path upward.
Compassionate duty: offerings made with intent can become a means of upliftment for suffering departed beings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the sacred Prabhāsa region, associated with Somnātha), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Piṇḍa-dāna—offering a piṇḍa (ritual food offering) dedicated to the departed for their rescue.