[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 31.2 # Markandeyapurana 31.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 31.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31.2) teṣāmanyaścaturtho yaḥ putralepabhujānnabhuk / so 'pi sambandhato hīnamupabhogaṃ prapadyate // > Madālasā spoke: > “After, the performance of the śrāddha to deceased sapiṇḍas, he who is the father’s great-grandfather passes to the class of those who feed on the lepa,\[1\] having lost his share in the piṇḍa offered to the pitṛs. He, who is the fourth there-above among those who feed on the lepa bestowed by the deceased’s son, ceases to eat thereof and obtains the satisfaction that is freed from the relationship. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31.1) - [Next: 31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31.3) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.31.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.31.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.31.2) · Pramāṇa