Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 31, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
अवकीर्णो तथा रोगी न्यूनॆ चाङ्गे तथाधिके ।
पौनर्भवस्तथा काणः कुण्डो गोलो 'थ पुत्रक ॥
avakīrṇo tathā rogī nyūne cāṅge tathādhike /
paunarbhavas tathā kāṇaḥ kuṇḍo golo 'tha putraka
梵行（brahmacarya）を破った者（avakīrṇa）、病者、肢体に欠損または過剰のある者、再婚者（paunarbhava）、片目の者、甲状腺腫（kuṇḍa）または他の重い奇形（gola）を有する者—わが子よ—これらはシュラーダに不適である。
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FAQs
The text reflects classical ritual-purity frameworks where bodily condition and perceived conduct affect eligibility. Ethically, it shows how ritual systems historically encoded social boundaries—important for understanding tradition, even where modern practice may reinterpret or reject such exclusions.
Ācāra (ritual regulation), not pancalakṣaṇa.
Ritual theory often equates ‘wholeness’ and ‘health’ with unobstructed prāṇic flow; exclusions symbolize the desire for an unbroken conduit for offerings—though this is a symbolic logic, not a metaphysical judgment on personal worth.