Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 30, 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 ||
子啊，当为三位 pitṛ 备三份供献，并为 preta 备一份。于那三器之上——以及 preta 之器上亦然——当倾注 arghya 之奠水。
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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.