Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 32, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
माहिषञ्चामरञ्चैव धेन्वा गोश्चाप्यनिर्दशम् ।
पित्रर्थं मे प्रयच्छस्वेत्युक्त्वा यच्चाप्युपाहृतम् ॥
māhiṣaṃ cāmaraṃ caiva dhenvā goś cāpy anirdaśam / pitr-arthaṃ me prayacchasvety uktvā yac cāpy upāhṛtam
Ang gatas ng kalabaw, gatas ng kamelyo, at gatas ng baka na hindi tiyak o hindi pinahintulutan (anirdaśa), at anumang dinala matapos sabihing, “Ibigay mo ito sa akin para sa aking mga Pitṛ” (nakuha sa mapilit na paghingi sa ngalan ng śrāddha)—ang mga ito ay dapat iwasan.
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FAQs
Even pious ends do not justify coercive or manipulative means. The rite should be supported by clean, willingly offered resources, not by pressuring others ‘in the name of the ancestors’.
Dharma/ācāra instruction.
Invoking Pitṛs to extract goods is treated as a subtle form of adharma—misusing sacred intention. The restriction protects the sanctity of remembrance from becoming a social instrument.