Shloka 11
Strī-dharma: Śiva’s Inquiry, Umā’s Consultation, and Gaṅgā’s Instruction
तिलोदकं च यो दद्यात् पितृणां मधुना सह । दीपकं कृसरं चैव श्रूयतां तस्य यत् फलम्
tilodakaṃ ca yo dadyāt pitṝṇāṃ madhunā saha | dīpakaṃ kṛsaraṃ caiva śrūyatāṃ tasya yat phalam ||
Lomaśa nói: “Ai dâng nước mè (tilodaka) cho các Pitṛ cùng với mật ong, lại còn bố thí đèn và kṛsara (món cơm trộn đậu), hãy nghe nay công đức tích tụ về người ấy.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse commends specific acts of giving and offering—sesame-water with honey for the ancestors, along with a lamp and kṛsara—as dharmic practices whose beneficial results (puṇya) are to be heard and understood.
The speaker, Logaśa, introduces a description of the spiritual ‘fruit’ gained by a person who performs these offerings for the Pitṛs; the verse functions as a lead-in to the ensuing account of the merits of such rites.