पितॄनुद्दिश्य योभक्त्या पायसं मधुसंयुतम् । गुडसर्पिस्तिलैःसार्धं गंगांभसि विनिक्षिपेत्
pitṝnuddiśya yobhaktyā pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyutam | guḍasarpistilaiḥsārdhaṃ gaṃgāṃbhasi vinikṣipet
Với lòng sùng kính, ai hướng về Pitṛ (tổ tiên) mà dâng vào nước Thánh Mẫu Gaṅgā món pāyasa (cháo sữa) hòa mật ong, cùng đường thốt nốt, bơ ghee và mè—người ấy thực hiện lễ tarpaṇa tổ tiên đầy linh lực.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a devotee performs pitṛ-offering: a leaf-bowl of pāyasa glistening with honey, with sesame, jaggery, and ghee nearby; hands extend over the river as lamps float and priests chant softly.
Devotional offerings to ancestors become especially efficacious when made in the Gaṅgā.
Gaṅgā-tīrtha (the sacred waters of the Gaṅgā) as honored in Kāśī.
An ancestral offering: pāyasa with honey, along with jaggery, ghee, and sesame, offered into Gaṅgā water.