Markandeya Purana — Chapter 30

MkP 30.1

नित्यं नैमित्तकञ्चैव नित्यनैमित्तिकं तथा । गृहस्थस्य तु यत् कर्म तन्निशामय पुत्रक !

nityaṃ naimittakañcaiva nityanaimittikaṃ tathā / gṛhasthasya tu yat karma tanniśāmaya putraka !

The regular (nitya), the occasional (naimittika), and likewise the regular-occasional—hear, little son, what the householder's ritual duty is.

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MkP 30.2

पञ्चयज्ञाश्रितं नित्यं यदेतत् कथितं तव । नैमित्तिकं तथैवान्यत् पुत्रजन्मक्रियादिकम्

pañcayajñāśritaṃ nityaṃ yadetat kathitaṃ tava / naimittikaṃ tathaivānyat putrajanmakriyādikam

That which rests on the five sacrifices, which has been told to you, is the regular; the other, such as the rites at the birth of a son, is the occasional.

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MkP 30.3

नित्यनैमित्तिकं ज्ञेयं पर्वश्राद्धादि पण्डितैः । तत्र नैमित्तिकं वक्ष्ये श्राद्धमभ्युदयं तव

nityanaimittikaṃ jñeyaṃ parvaśrāddhādi paṇḍitaiḥ / tatra naimittikaṃ vakṣye śrāddhamabhyudayaṃ tava

The regular-occasional is to be known by the learned as the śrāddha at the (lunar) junctures and the like. Among these I shall tell you of the occasional one, the śrāddha of prosperity (abhyudaya).

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MkP 30.4

पुत्रजन्मनि यत्कार्यं जातकर्मसमं नरैः । विवाहादौ च कर्तव्यं सर्वं सम्यक् क्रिमोदितम्

putrajanmani yatkāryaṃ jātakarmasamaṃ naraiḥ / vivāhādau ca kartavyaṃ sarvaṃ samyak krimoditam

What is to be done by men at the birth of a son, on a par with the birth-rite, is also to be done at a marriage and so forth—all of it properly, as stated in due order.

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MkP 30.5

पितरश्चात्र सम्पूज्याः ख्याता नान्दीमुखास्तु ये । पिण्डांश्च दधिसंमिश्रान् दद्याद् यवसमन्वितान्

pitaraścātra sampūjyāḥ khyātā nāndīmukhāstu ye / piṇḍāṃśca dadhisaṃmiśrān dadyād yavasamanvitān

And here the fathers are to be worshipped, those who are called nāndīmukha; and he should offer rice-balls mixed with curds and combined with barley.

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MkP 30.6

उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुखो वा यजमानः समाहितः । वैश्वदेवविहीनं तत् केचिदिच्छन्ति मानवाः

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā yajamānaḥ samāhitaḥ / vaiśvadevavihīnaṃ tat kecidicchanti mānavāḥ

Facing north or facing east, the sacrificer, with concentrated mind (should perform it); some men hold that this (rite) is without the Vaiśvadeva portion.

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MkP 30.8

युग्माश्चात्र द्विजाः कार्यास्ते च पूज्याः प्रदक्षिणम् । एतन्नैमित्तिकं वृद्धौ तथान्यच्चौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥ मर्क्प्_३०।७ ॥ मृताहनि च कर्तव्यमेकोद्दिष्टं शृणुष्व तत् । दैवहीनं तथा कार्यं तथैवैकपवित्रकम्

yugmāścātra dvijāḥ kāryāste ca pūjyāḥ pradakṣiṇam / etannaimittikaṃ vṛddhau tathānyaccaurdhvadehikam // markp_30.7 // mṛtāhani ca kartavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat / daivahīnaṃ tathā kāryaṃ tathaivaikapavitrakam

And here the brahmins are to be made even in number, and they are to be honoured with circumambulation to the right. This is the occasional (rite) at a birth/prosperity, and the other one is the rite for the departed (ūrdhvadehika). // 30.7 // And on the day of death the ekoddiṣṭa (rite for a single deceased) is to be performed; hear about it: it is to be done without the offering to the gods, and likewise with a single pavitra (purifying grass).

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MkP 30.9

आवाहनं न कर्तव्यमग्नौकरणवर्जितम् । प्रेतस्य पिण्डमेकञ्च दद्यादुच्छिष्टसन्निधौ

āvāhanaṃ na kartavyamagnaukaraṇavarjitam / pretasya piṇḍamekañca dadyāducchiṣṭasannidhau

No invocation is to be made, and it is free of the offering into the fire; and one should give a single rice-ball for the deceased near the leavings (of the food).

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MkP 30.10

तिलोदकं चापसव्यं तन्नामस्मरणान्वितम् । अक्षय्यममुकस्येति स्थाने विप्रविसर्जने

tilodakaṃ cāpasavyaṃ tannāmasmaraṇānvitam / akṣayyamamukasyeti sthāne vipravisarjane

And (one should offer) sesame-water with the sacred thread reversed, accompanied by the recollection of his name; and in place (of the usual formula), at the dismissal of the brahmins, (one says) "May it be imperishable for so-and-so."

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MkP 30.11

अभिरण्यतामिति ब्रूयाद् ब्रूयुस्ते ऽभिरताः स्म ह । प्रतिमासं भवेदेतत् कार्यमा वत्सरं नरैः

abhiraṇyatāmiti brūyād brūyuste 'bhiratāḥ sma ha / pratimāsaṃ bhavedetat kāryamā vatsaraṃ naraiḥ

He should say "Let (them) be pleased," and they should say "We are indeed pleased." This is to be done by men every month up to a year.

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MkP 30.12

अथ संवत्सरे पूर्णे यदा वा क्रियते नरैः । सपिण्डीकरणं कार्यं तस्यापि विधिरुच्यते

atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe yadā vā kriyate naraiḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ tasyāpi vidhirucyate

Then, when the year is complete, or whenever it is performed by men, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be done; its rule too is now stated.

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MkP 30.13

तच्चापि दैवरहितमेकार्घ्यैकपवित्रकम् । नैवाग्नौकरणं तत्र तच्चावाहनवर्जितम्

taccāpi daivarahitamekārghyaikapavitrakam / naivāgnaukaraṇaṃ tatra taccāvāhanavarjitam

That too is without the offering to the gods, with a single arghya and a single pavitra; there is no offering into the fire there, and it is free of invocation.

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MkP 30.14

अपसव्यञ्च तत्रापि भोजयेदयुजो द्विजान् । विशेषस्तत्र चान्यो ऽस्ति प्रतिमासं क्रियाधिकः

apasavyañca tatrāpi bhojayedayujo dvijān / viśeṣastatra cānyo 'sti pratimāsaṃ kriyādhikaḥ

And there too, with the thread reversed, he should feed an odd number of brahmins; and there is another special feature there, an additional act beyond the monthly (rite).

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MkP 30.15

तं कथ्यमानमेकाग्रो वदन्त्या मे निशामय । तिलगन्धोदकैर्युक्तं तत्र पात्रचतुष्टयम्

taṃ kathyamānamekāgro vadantyā me niśāmaya / tilagandhodakairyuktaṃ tatra pātracatuṣṭayam

Listen with single attention to that as I tell it, as I speak: there (are to be) four vessels filled with sesame, fragrant substances and water.

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MkP 30.16

कुर्यात् पितॄणां त्रितयमेकं प्रेतस्य पुत्रक । पात्रत्रये प्रेतपात्रमर्घ्यञ्चैव प्रसेचयेत्

kuryāt pitṝṇāṃ tritayamekaṃ pretasya putraka / pātratraye pretapātramarghyañcaiva prasecayet

He should make three of them for the fathers and one for the deceased, my son; he should pour the deceased's vessel and the arghya into the three vessels.

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MkP 30.17

ये समाना इति जपन् पूर्ववच्छेषमाचरेत् । स्त्रीणामप्येवमेवैतदेकीद्दिष्टमुदाहृतम्

ye samānā iti japan pūrvavaccheṣamācaret / strīṇāmapyevamevaitadekīddiṣṭamudāhṛtam

Reciting "ye samānāḥ," he should perform the rest as before. For women too this ekoddiṣṭa is declared to be just the same.

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MkP 30.18

सपिण्डीकरणं तासां पुत्राभावे न विद्यते । प्रतिसंवत्सरं कार्यमेकोद्दिष्टं नरैः स्त्रियाः

sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ tāsāṃ putrābhāve na vidyate / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryamekoddiṣṭaṃ naraiḥ striyāḥ

For them there is no sapiṇḍīkaraṇa in the absence of a son; the ekoddiṣṭa for a woman is to be performed by men year by year,

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MkP 30.19

मृताहनि यथान्यायं नृणां यद्वदिहोदितम् । पुत्राभावे सपिण्डास्तु तदभावे सहोदकाः

mṛtāhani yathānyāyaṃ nṛṇāṃ yadvadihoditam / putrābhāve sapiṇḍāstu tadabhāve sahodakāḥ

on the day of death, according to rule, just as has been stated here for men. In the absence of a son, the sapiṇḍas (should do it), and in their absence those who share the water-offering.

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MkP 30.20

मातुः सपिण्डा ये च स्युर्ये च मातुः सहोदकाः । कुर्युरेनं विधिं सम्यगपुत्रस्य सुतासुतः

mātuḥ sapiṇḍā ye ca syurye ca mātuḥ sahodakāḥ / kuryurenaṃ vidhiṃ samyagaputrasya sutāsutaḥ

And those who are the mother's sapiṇḍas, and those who share the water-offering with the mother — they should perform this rite properly; for one who has no son, the daughter's son (should do it).

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MkP 30.21

कुर्युर्मातामहायैवं पुत्रिकास्तनयास्तथा । द्व्यामुष्यायणसंज्ञास्तु मातामहपितामहान्

kuryurmātāmahāyaivaṃ putrikāstanayāstathā / dvyāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñāstu mātāmahapitāmahān

Thus should the daughters' sons perform it for the maternal grandfather; but those called dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (belonging to two families)

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MkP 30.22

पूजयेयुर्यथान्यायं श्राद्धैर्नैमित्तिकैरपि । सर्वाभावे स्त्रियः कुर्युः स्वभर्तॄणाममन्त्रकम्

pūjayeyuryathānyāyaṃ śrāddhairnaimittikairapi / sarvābhāve striyaḥ kuryuḥ svabhartṝṇāmamantrakam

should honour, according to rule, (both the maternal and paternal grandfathers) with the occasional śrāddhas as well. In the absence of all (these), women should perform (the rites) for their own husbands without mantras.

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MkP 30.23

तदभावे च नृपतिः कारयेत् स्वकुटुम्बिना । तज्जातीयैर्नरैः सम्याग् दाहाद्याः सकलाः क्रियाः

tadabhāve ca nṛpatiḥ kārayet svakuṭumbinā / tajjātīyairnaraiḥ samyāg dāhādyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ

And in the absence of them the king should have (it) done by one of his own household; all the rites, beginning with the cremation, are to be duly performed by men of the same caste as (the deceased),

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MkP 30.24

सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां बान्धवो नृपतिर्यतः । एतास्ते कथिता वत्स ! नित्यनैमित्तकास्तथा

sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ bāndhavo nṛpatiryataḥ / etāste kathitā vatsa ! nityanaimittakāstathā

since the king is the kinsman of all the classes. These have been told to you, my child, the regular and the occasional (rites).

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MkP 30.25

क्रियां श्राद्धाश्रयामन्यां नित्यनैमित्तिकीं शृणु । दर्शस्तत्र निमित्तं वै कालश्चन्द्रक्षयात्मकः । नित्यातां नियतः कालस्तस्याः संसूचयत्यथ

kriyāṃ śrāddhāśrayāmanyāṃ nityanaimittikīṃ śṛṇu / darśastatra nimittaṃ vai kālaścandrakṣayātmakaḥ / nityātāṃ niyataḥ kālastasyāḥ saṃsūcayatyatha

Hear of another act based on śrāddha, which is both regular and occasioned: there the new moon is the occasion, the time characterised by the waning of the moon; and the fixed time indicates its regularity.

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