Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
महानसादर्धसिद्धमन्नागारस्थितं तथा ।
परिविश्यमाणञ्च सदासार्धं भुङ्क्ते च भुञ्जता ॥
mahānasād ardha-siddham annāgāra-sthitaṃ tathā | pariviśyamāṇaṃ ca sadā sārdhaṃ bhuṅkte ca bhuñjatā ||
वह रसोई से अधपका अन्न ले जाती है और वैसे ही कोठार में रखा हुआ भी। और जब भोजन परोसा जाता है, तब वह सदा खाने वाले के साथ ही खाती है।
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FAQs
Food is treated as a sacred trust; waste, unexplained depletion, or impurity around meals is framed as a serious disorder, urging careful cooking, storage, and disciplined mealtime conduct.
Dharma-ācāra instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment.
The ‘co-eating’ motif dramatizes unseen consumption—symbolically, distractions, impurities, or negative influences that ‘feed’ on one’s vitality when attention and sanctity around food are lost.