Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 72
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह ।
यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति नीयमानस्तदश्नुते ॥
tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha /
yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti nīyamānastadaśnute
वहाँ पर, संबंधियों द्वारा तिल सहित जो जल अर्पित किया जाता है और जो पिण्ड दिया जाता है—मृत्योपरान्त ले जाया जा रहा वह जीव उसी का उपभोग करता है।
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FAQs
The text asserts a moral-ritual economy: the living bear duties toward the departed, and properly offered śrāddha items are said to tangibly aid the preta’s passage.
Didactic dharma material (ācāra) embedded in Purāṇic narrative; not a primary pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
Sesame-water and piṇḍa symbolize transference of merit/“subtle nourishment” (sūkṣma-bhoga) to the departed, indicating continuity between ritual intention and subtle-body experience.