Shloka 16
Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
कुर्यात् पितॄणां त्रितयमेकं प्रेतस्य पुत्रक ।
पात्रत्रये प्रेतपात्रमर्घ्यञ्चैव प्रसेचयेत् ॥
kuryāt pitṝṇāṃ tritayam ekaṃ pretasya putraka |
pātratraye pretapātram arghyañ caiva prasecayet ||
О сын, следует приготовить три (подношения) для трёх pitṛ и одно — для preta. На эти три сосуда — и также на сосуд preta — надлежит возлить arghya-возлияние.
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FAQs
The rite acknowledges both continuity (the established pitṛ-line) and immediacy (the newly dead preta), expressing responsibility across generations and transitional states.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra instruction.
The separation of preta from pitṛs symbolizes an ontological transition: rites ‘stabilize’ the departed from liminality toward ancestral integration, even when full sapiṇḍīkaraṇa may not apply.