Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 35, Shloka 44
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
सोदकैस्तु क्रियाः सर्वाः कार्याः सञ्चयनात्परम् ।
स्पर्श एव सपिण्डानां मृताहनि तथोभयोः ॥
sodakais tu kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kāryāḥ saṃcayanāt param | sparśa eva sapiṇḍānāṃ mṛtāhani tathobhayoḥ ||
After the collection (of bones), all rites should be performed together with water, i.e., as water-rites. For sapiṇḍa relatives, on the day of death impurity is incurred by mere touch—thus for both sides.
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FAQs
Kinship entails shared ritual consequence: close relatives are bound not only by affection but by common dharmic obligations and restrictions triggered by death.
Ācāra/dharma material; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Touch’ symbolizes transmission of a liminal condition; water-rites symbolize purification and continuity, counterbalancing the rupture caused by death.