आगतोऽस्मि इदं तीर्थं पितृकार्ये सुरोत्तमाः । भवंतु साक्षिणः सर्वे मुक्तश्चाहमृणत्रयात्
āgato'smi idaṃ tīrthaṃ pitṛkārye surottamāḥ | bhavaṃtu sākṣiṇaḥ sarve muktaścāhamṛṇatrayāt
اے بہترین دیوتاؤ! میں پِتر کرم کے لیے اس تیرتھ میں آیا ہوں۔ تم سب گواہ بنو، اور میں تین گنا قرض سے آزاد ہو جاؤں۔
Ritual performer (the śrāddha-doer speaking a declaration at the tīrtha)
Tirtha: Guptagayā (Goṣpada-tīrtha) in Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred ford in Prabhāsa, hands joined, declaring his saṅkalpa for pitṛ-kārya while celestial beings stand as unseen witnesses; riverbank with ritual implements (kuśa, water-pot, piṇḍa-plate).
Dharma is fulfilled by consciously discharging obligations—especially to ancestors—so that one becomes inwardly unburdened.
The tīrtha addressed in this rite is Goṣpada Tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
A spoken intention/declaration: coming for pitṛ-kārya, invoking gods as witnesses, and seeking release from ṛṇa-traya.