Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 31, Shloka 35
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
भोजयेत् प्रणिपाताद्यैः प्रासाद्य यतमांससः ।
यथैव शुक्लपक्षाद्वै पितॄणामसितः प्रियः ॥
bhojayet praṇipātādyaiḥ prāsādya yatamānasaḥ | yathaiva śuklapakṣādvai pitṝṇāmasitaḥ priyaḥ ||
नमस्कार आदि से उन्हें प्रसन्न करके, संयत चित्त से उन्हें भोजन कराए। जैसे शुक्ल पक्ष के भीतर भी पितरों को कृष्ण पक्ष प्रिय होता है।
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FAQs
Ritual giving is inseparable from humility: honoring guests through respectful reception is itself part of the offering to the pitṛs.
Ācāra/dharma instruction, with calendrical preference linked to pitṛ rites.
The ‘dark fortnight’ preference points to inwardness and withdrawal: pitṛ rites align with a subtle, ancestral current associated with diminution (kṛṣṇa pakṣa) rather than expansion.