Sukālin

Sukālin · su-kālin

The Sukālins are a class of pitṛs (ancestors). In the rule of snāna and tarpaṇa that Bhagavān Śrī Kṛshṇa teaches King Yudhishṭhira, the bather puts the yajñopavīta on the right shoulder, sits with the left knee on the ground, and with bhakti offers tarpaṇa (water offerings), with water mixed with sesame and sandal, to the pitṛs named Agnishvātta, Barhishad, Havishmān, Ūshmapa, Sukālin, Bhauma, Somapa and Ājyapa.

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 123