Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 75
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
नीयमानः स्वकं गेहं द्वादशाहं स पश्यति ।
उपभुङ्क्ते तथा दत्तं तोयपिण्डादिकं भुवि ॥
nīyamānaḥ svakaṃ gehaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ sa paśyati /
upabhuṅkte tathā dattaṃ toyapiṇḍādikaṃ bhuvi
आगे ले जाया जाता हुआ वह बारह दिनों तक अपना ही घर देखता रहता है; और पृथ्वी पर जो जल, पिण्ड आदि अर्पित किए जाते हैं, उनका भी वह उसी प्रकार उपभोग करता है।
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FAQs
The twelve-day window underscores urgency and importance of timely rites: offerings are portrayed as immediately relevant to the departed’s condition.
Ritual-dharma instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa core category.
The ‘twelve days’ signals a transitional phase where the subtle body remains close to familiar loci; rites stabilize passage from household identity to the next juridical/spiritual stage under Yama.