Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 69
Adhyaya 23 — The Brahmin and His Wife
कामञ्चेममभिध्याय कुरु त्वं पितृतर्पणम् ।
तत्क्षणादेव सा सुभ्रूः श्वसतो मध्यमात्फणात् ॥
kāmañ cemam abhidhyāya kuru tvaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam | tatkṣaṇād eva sā subhrūḥ śvasato madhyamāt phaṇāt ||
इस अभिप्राय को मन में रखकर पितरों का तर्पण करो; उसी क्षण, जब तुम श्वास लेते हो, तुम्हारे मध्य फण से वह सुन्दर-भ्रूवाली स्त्री प्रकट हो जाएगी।
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FAQs
Ritual is tied to saṅkalpa (directed intention): remembrance and purpose (abhidhyāna) are integral to dharmic action, not optional additions.
Ānucarita/dharma-upadeśa: a prescriptive insertion about pitṛ rites within narrative.
‘While breathing’ hints that prāṇa is the carrier of transformation; the rite’s outer form mirrors an inner offering where breath and intention ‘libate’ the ancestral impressions (saṃskāras).