Excepting the great, immortal and excellent Markandeya, that learned Brahmana of great fame, who is ever devoted to the Pitris, none amongst them is conversant with the mysteries of the ordinances about the Pitris.
वर्जयित्वा महात्मानं चिरजीविनमुत्तमम्॥ पितृभक्तस्तु यो विप्रो वरलब्धो महायशाः।