Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 31, Shloka 52
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
पृष्टैस्तृप्तैश्च तृप्ताः स्थ तृप्ताः स्म इति वादिभिः ।
अनुज्ञातो नरस्त्वन्नं प्रकिरेत् भुवि सर्वतः ॥
pṛṣṭaistṛptaiśca tṛptāḥ stha tṛptāḥ sma iti vādibhiḥ / anujñāto narastvannaṃ prakiret bhuvi sarvataḥ
When asked, and being satisfied, they say, “We are satisfied.” Having received their permission, the man should then scatter the food upon the ground on all sides.
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FAQs
One acts only after consent (anujñā): even ritual ‘leftovers’ are handled with procedure, reflecting restraint and respect for the rite’s participants.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Scattering food can be viewed as extending the rite’s merit outward—acknowledging unseen beings and the ecological/cosmic field that supports the ritual act.