Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 101
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
कृत्वापसव्यं वायव्यां यक्ष्मैतत्तेति भाजनात् । अन्नावशेषमिच्छन् वै तोयं दद्याद्यथाविधि ॥
kṛtvāpasavyaṃ vāyavyāṃ yakṣmaitatteti bhājanāt | annāvaśeṣamicchan vai toyaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi ||
Then, in the north-west (vāyavya) direction, having performed the rite as apasavya (with the sacred thread reversed) and uttered “yakṣma etat te” from the vessel—thereafter, if he desires the remainder of the food, he should give water according to rule.
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FAQs
The rite regulates consumption: only after prescribed offerings and purificatory steps may one take remnants. It encodes restraint and prioritizing dharma over appetite.
Ācāra/Dharma material; not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.
Apasavya indicates a ‘counter-current’ associated with Pitṛ-world and dissolution; the yakṣma-formula functions as a warding/transfer motif—symbolically diverting impurity or ill-effect away from the eater before partaking.