Markandeya Purana — Chapter 32
MkP 32.1
अतः परं शृणुष्वेमं पुत्र ! भक्त्या यदाहृतम् । पितॄणां प्रीतये यद्वा वर्ज्यं वा प्रीतिकारकम्
ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇuṣvemaṃ putra ! bhaktyā yadāhṛtam / pitṝṇāṃ prītaye yadvā varjyaṃ vā prītikārakam
After this, my son, hear this that has been gathered with devotion: what is for the fathers' pleasure, or what is to be avoided, or what causes (them) pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.2
मासं पितॄणां तृप्तिश्च हविष्यान्नेन जायते । मासद्वयं मत्स्यमांसैस्तृप्तिं यान्ति पितामहाः
māsaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptiśca haviṣyānnena jāyate / māsadvayaṃ matsyamāṃsaistṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ
Satisfaction of the fathers for a month arises from sacrificial food; for two months the grandfathers attain satisfaction from the flesh of fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.3
त्रीन् मासान् हारिणां मांसं विज्ञेयं पितृतृप्तये । चतुर्मासांस्तु पुष्णाति शशस्य पिशितं पितॄन्
trīn māsān hāriṇāṃ māṃsaṃ vijñeyaṃ pitṛtṛptaye / caturmāsāṃstu puṣṇāti śaśasya piśitaṃ pitṝn
The flesh of deer is to be known as giving the fathers satisfaction for three months; the flesh of the hare nourishes the fathers for four months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.4
शाकुनं पञ्च वै मासान् षण्मासान् शूकरामिषम् । छागलं सप्त वै मासानैणेयञ्चाष्टमासिकीम्
śākunaṃ pañca vai māsān ṣaṇmāsān śūkarāmiṣam / chāgalaṃ sapta vai māsānaiṇeyañcāṣṭamāsikīm
Bird flesh for five months, pork for six months, goat's flesh for seven months, and that of the spotted antelope lasts eight months.
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MkP 32.5
करोति तृप्तिं नव वै रुरोर्मांसं न संशयः । गवयस्यामिषं तृप्तिं करोति दशमासिकीम्
karoti tṛptiṃ nava vai rurormāṃsaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / gavayasyāmiṣaṃ tṛptiṃ karoti daśamāsikīm
The flesh of the ruru deer makes satisfaction for nine (months), no doubt of it; the flesh of the gavaya makes satisfaction lasting ten months.
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MkP 32.6
तथैकादशमासंस्तु औरभ्रं पितृतृप्तिदम् । संवत्सरं तथा गव्यं पयः पायसमेव वा
tathaikādaśamāsaṃstu aurabhraṃ pitṛtṛptidam / saṃvatsaraṃ tathā gavyaṃ payaḥ pāyasameva vā
Likewise sheep's flesh gives the fathers satisfaction for eleven months, and cow's milk, or milk-rice, for a year.
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MkP 32.7
वाध्रीणसामिषं लौहं कालशाकन्तथा मधु । दौहित्रामिषमन्यच्च यच्चान्यत् स्वकुलोद्भवैः
vādhrīṇasāmiṣaṃ lauhaṃ kālaśākantathā madhu / dauhitrāmiṣamanyacca yaccānyat svakulodbhavaiḥ
The flesh of the vādhrīṇasa, red (goat's flesh), likewise the kālaśāka vegetable and honey, the flesh offered by a daughter's son, and whatever else is (offered) by those born in one's own family—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 32.8
अनन्तां वै प्रयच्छन्ति तृप्तिं गौरीसुतस्तथा । पितॄणां नात्र सन्देहो गायाश्राद्धञ्च पुत्रक
anantāṃ vai prayacchanti tṛptiṃ gaurīsutastathā / pitṝṇāṃ nātra sandeho gāyāśrāddhañca putraka
—these give endless satisfaction, and so does gaurī's son(?); there is no doubt here concerning the fathers, and (so does) the śrāddha at Gayā, my son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 32.9
श्यामाकराजश्यामाकौ तद्वच्चैव प्रसातिकाः । नीवाराः पौष्कलाश्चैव धान्यानां पितृतृप्तये
śyāmākarājaśyāmākau tadvaccaiva prasātikāḥ / nīvārāḥ pauṣkalāścaiva dhānyānāṃ pitṛtṛptaye
Śyāmāka and rājaśyāmāka millets, and likewise prasātikā grains, wild rice and pauṣkala grains—these among grains are for the satisfaction of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.10
यवव्रीहिसगोधूमतिला मुद्गाः ससर्षपाः । प्रियङ्गवः कोविदारा निष्पावाश्चातिशोभनाः
yavavrīhisagodhūmatilā mudgāḥ sasarṣapāḥ / priyaṅgavaḥ kovidārā niṣpāvāścātiśobhanāḥ
Barley, rice, wheat, sesame, mung beans, mustard, priyaṅgu millet, kovidāra, and niṣpāva beans are exceedingly excellent.
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MkP 32.11
वर्ज्या मर्कटकाः श्राद्धे राजमाषास्तथाणवः । विप्राषिका मसूराश्च श्राद्धकर्मणि गर्हिताः
varjyā markaṭakāḥ śrāddhe rājamāṣāstathāṇavaḥ / viprāṣikā masūrāśca śrāddhakarmaṇi garhitāḥ
Markaṭaka beans are to be avoided at a śrāddha, and rājamāṣa beans and aṇu millet; viprāṣikā and lentils are censured in the śrāddha rite.
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MkP 32.12
लशुनं गृञ्जनञ्चैव पलाण्डं,पिण्डमूलकम् । करम्भं यानि चान्यानि हीनानि रसवर्णतः
laśunaṃ gṛñjanañcaiva palāṇḍaṃ,piṇḍamūlakam / karambhaṃ yāni cānyāni hīnāni rasavarṇataḥ
Garlic, gṛñjana (a kind of carrot/onion), onion, the bulbous radish, karambha gruel, and whatever else is deficient in taste and colour;
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MkP 32.13
गान्धारिकामलाबूनि लवणान्यूषराणि च । आरक्ता ये च निर्यासाः प्रत्यक्षलवणानि च
gāndhārikāmalābūni lavaṇānyūṣarāṇi ca / āraktā ye ca niryāsāḥ pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca
gāndhārikā, bitter gourds, salts and saline products, resins that are reddish, and salts obtained as such—
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MkP 32.14
वर्ज्यान्येतानि वै श्राद्धे यच्च वाचा न शस्यते । यच्चोत्कोचादिना प्राप्तं पतिताद्यदुपार्जितम्
varjyānyetāni vai śrāddhe yacca vācā na śasyate / yaccotkocādinā prāptaṃ patitādyadupārjitam
—these indeed are to be avoided at a śrāddha, and whatever is not commended in speech, and what has been obtained by bribery and the like, and what has been earned from a fallen man;
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MkP 32.15
अन्यायकन्याशुल्कोत्थं द्रव्यञ्चात्र विगर्हितम् । दुर्गन्धि फेनिलञ्चाम्बु तथैवाल्पतरोदकम्
anyāyakanyāśulkotthaṃ dravyañcātra vigarhitam / durgandhi phenilañcāmbu tathaivālpatarodakam
and property arisen from an unlawful bride-price is condemned here; also water that smells foul and is frothy, and likewise water that is too scanty;
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MkP 32.16
न लभेद्यत्र गौस्तृप्तिं नक्तं यच्चाप्युपाहृतम् । यन्न सर्वापचोत्सृष्टं यच्चाभोज्यं निपानजम्
na labhedyatra gaustṛptiṃ naktaṃ yaccāpyupāhṛtam / yanna sarvāpacotsṛṣṭaṃ yaccābhojyaṃ nipānajam
water in which a cow could not get satisfaction, and what has been fetched at night, and what has not been wholly drawn off(?), and undrinkable water from a watering-trough—
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MkP 32.17
तद्वर्ज्यं सलिलं तात ! सदैव पितृकर्मणि । मार्गमाविकमौष्ट्रञ्च सर्वमैकशफञ्च यत्
tadvarjyaṃ salilaṃ tāta ! sadaiva pitṛkarmaṇi / mārgamāvikamauṣṭrañca sarvamaikaśaphañca yat
That water is to be avoided, my dear, always in the rite for the fathers; likewise (the milk) of the wild deer, of the ewe, of the she-camel, and of every single-hoofed animal,
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MkP 32.18
माहिषञ्चामरञ्चैव धेन्वा गोश्चाप्यनिर्दशम् । पित्रर्थं मे प्रयच्छस्वेत्युक्त्वा यच्चाप्युपाहृतम्
māhiṣañcāmarañcaiva dhenvā goścāpyanirdaśam / pitrarthaṃ me prayacchasvetyuktvā yaccāpyupāhṛtam
and that of the buffalo cow and of the yak, and of a cow within ten days of calving, and whatever has been brought after saying, 'Give me (this) for the sake of my fathers,'—
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MkP 32.19
वर्जनीयं सदा सदिभस्तत्पयः श्राद्धकर्मणि । वर्ज्या जन्तुमती रूक्षा क्षितिः प्लुष्टा तथाग्निना
varjanīyaṃ sadā sadibhastatpayaḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi / varjyā jantumatī rūkṣā kṣitiḥ pluṣṭā tathāgninā
that milk is always to be avoided by the good in the śrāddha rite; and ground that has worms in it, or is barren, or has been scorched by fire, is to be shunned;
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MkP 32.20
अनिष्टदुष्टशब्दोग्रदुर्गन्धा चात्र कर्मणि । कुलापमानकाः श्राद्धे व्यायुज्य कुलहिंसकाः
aniṣṭaduṣṭaśabdogradurgandhā cātra karmaṇi / kulāpamānakāḥ śrāddhe vyāyujya kulahiṃsakāḥ
and (ground) that is unpleasant, of ill or harsh sound, and foul-smelling, in this rite; those who disgrace the family, and those who, having quarrelled, do harm to the family, at a śrāddha,
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MkP 32.21
नग्नाः पातकिनश्चैव हन्युर्दृष्ट्या पितृक्रियाम् । अपुमानपविद्धश्च कुक्कुटो ग्रामशूकरः
nagnāḥ pātakinaścaiva hanyurdṛṣṭyā pitṛkriyām / apumānapaviddhaśca kukkuṭo grāmaśūkaraḥ
and naked men and sinners—these by their very glance destroy the rite for the fathers; and a eunuch, an outcast, a cock, a village pig,
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MkP 32.22
श्वा चैव हन्ति श्राद्धानि यातुधानाश्च दर्शनात् । तस्मात् सुसंवृतो दद्यात्तिलैश्चावकिरन्महीम्
śvā caiva hanti śrāddhāni yātudhānāśca darśanāt / tasmāt susaṃvṛto dadyāttilaiścāvakiranmahīm
and a dog destroy śrāddhas, and demons (do so) by their looking on. Therefore one should make the offering well enclosed, and should scatter sesame seeds over the ground.
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MkP 32.23
एवं रक्षा भवेच्छ्राद्धे कृता तातोभयोरपि । शावसूतकसंस्पृष्टं दीर्घरोगिभिरेव च
evaṃ rakṣā bhavecchrāddhe kṛtā tātobhayorapi / śāvasūtakasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ dīrgharogibhireva ca
Thus, my dear, protection is effected in the śrāddha with respect to both. Food touched by one polluted by a death or a birth, or by the chronically ill,
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MkP 32.24
पतितैर्मलिनैश्चैव न पुष्णाति पितामहान् । वर्जनीयं तथा श्राद्धे तथोदक्याश्च दर्शनम्
patitairmalinaiścaiva na puṣṇāti pitāmahān / varjanīyaṃ tathā śrāddhe tathodakyāśca darśanam
or by outcasts and by the impure, does not nourish the ancestors; likewise to be avoided in a śrāddha is the sight of a menstruating woman,
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MkP 32.25
मुण्डशौण्डसमाभ्यासो यजमानेन यादरात् । केशकीटावपन्नञ्च तथाश्वभिरवेक्षितम्
muṇḍaśauṇḍasamābhyāso yajamānena yādarāt / keśakīṭāvapannañca tathāśvabhiravekṣitam
and the association of the sacrificer with a shaven-headed man or a drunkard, out of regard (for them); and (food) into which hair or an insect has fallen, and that which has been looked at by dogs,
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MkP 32.26
पूति पर्युषितञ्चैव वार्ताक्यभिषवांस्तथा । वर्जनीयानि वै श्राद्धे यच्च वस्त्रानिलाहतम्
pūti paryuṣitañcaiva vārtākyabhiṣavāṃstathā / varjanīyāni vai śrāddhe yacca vastrānilāhatam
and what is putrid or stale, and eggplants and distilled liquors—these are indeed to be avoided in a śrāddha, and whatever has been struck by wind from a garment.
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MkP 32.27
श्रद्धया परया दत्तं पितॄणां नामगोत्रतः । यदाहारास्तु ते जातास्तदाहारत्वमेति तत्
śraddhayā parayā dattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nāmagotrataḥ / yadāhārāstu te jātāstadāhāratvameti tat
What is given with the highest faith to the fathers by their name and lineage—whatever the food of those (fathers) who have been born (in a given state), that (offering) becomes food of that very kind.
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MkP 32.28
तस्मात् श्रद्धावता पात्रे यच्छस्तं पितृकर्मणि । यथावच्चैव दातव्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिमिच्छता
tasmāt śraddhāvatā pātre yacchastaṃ pitṛkarmaṇi / yathāvaccaiva dātavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimicchatā
Therefore, by one possessed of faith and desiring the satisfaction of the fathers, whatever is commended in the rite for the fathers should be given to a worthy recipient, and given in the proper manner.
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MkP 32.29
योगिनश्च सदा श्राद्धे भोजनीया विपश्चिता । योगाधारा हि पिररस्तस्मात् तान् पूजयेत् सदा
yoginaśca sadā śrāddhe bhojanīyā vipaścitā / yogādhārā hi pirarastasmāt tān pūjayet sadā
And yogins should always be fed at a śrāddha by the discerning man; for the fathers rest upon yoga, and therefore one should always honour them.
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MkP 32.30
ब्राह्मणानां सहस्रेभ्यो योगी त्वग्राशनी यदि । यजमानञ्च भोक्तॄंश्च नौरिवाम्भसि तारयेत्
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrebhyo yogī tvagrāśanī yadi / yajamānañca bhoktṝṃśca naurivāmbhasi tārayet
If a yogin eats first, in preference to thousands of brahmins, he would carry across both the sacrificer and the eaters, as a boat (carries one) across water.
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MkP 32.31
पितृगाथास्तथवात्र गीयन्ते ब्रह्मवादिभिः । या गीताः पितृभिः पूर्वमैलस्यासीन्महीपतेः
pitṛgāthāstathavātra gīyante brahmavādibhiḥ / yā gītāḥ pitṛbhiḥ pūrvamailasyāsīnmahīpateḥ
And here the verses of the fathers are sung by the expounders of sacred lore—those which were sung of old by the fathers of the king, the son of Iḷā.
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MkP 32.32
कदा नः सन्ततावग्र्यः कस्यचिद् भविता सुतः । यो योगिभुक्तशोषान्नो भुवि पिण्डं प्रदास्यति
kadā naḥ santatāvagryaḥ kasyacid bhavitā sutaḥ / yo yogibhuktaśoṣānno bhuvi piṇḍaṃ pradāsyati
"When will there be for us, in our line, some foremost son of someone, who will offer us on the earth a ball of rice consisting of the remains eaten by yogins,
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MkP 32.33
गयायामथवा पिण्डं खड्गमांसं महाहविः । कालशाकं तिलाढ्यं वा कृसरं मासतृप्तये
gayāyāmathavā piṇḍaṃ khaḍgamāṃsaṃ mahāhaviḥ / kālaśākaṃ tilāḍhyaṃ vā kṛsaraṃ māsatṛptaye
or a ball at Gayā, rhinoceros flesh, the great oblation, or black potherbs, or rice-and-sesame gruel rich in sesame, for a month's satisfaction?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 32.34
वैश्वदेवञ्च सौम्यञ्च खड्गमांसं परं हविः । विषाणवर्ज्यखड्गाप्त्या आसूर्यञ्चाश्नुवामहे
vaiśvadevañca saumyañca khaḍgamāṃsaṃ paraṃ haviḥ / viṣāṇavarjyakhaḍgāptyā āsūryañcāśnuvāmahe
Rhinoceros flesh is the supreme oblation, sacred to all the gods and to Soma; by obtaining a rhinoceros excepting its horn, we shall enjoy (satisfaction) lasting until (the end of) the sun.
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MkP 32.35
दद्यात् श्राद्धं त्रयोदश्यां मघासु च यथाविधि । मधुसर्पिः समायुक्तं पायसं दक्षिणायने
dadyāt śrāddhaṃ trayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca yathāvidhi / madhusarpiḥ samāyuktaṃ pāyasaṃ dakṣiṇāyane
One should offer the śrāddha on the thirteenth day and under the Maghā asterism according to rule, and milk-rice mixed with honey and ghee during the sun's southward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.36
तस्मात् सम्पूजयेत् भक्त्या स्वपितॄन् पुत्र मानवः । कामानभीप्सन् सकलान् पापाच्चात्मविमोचनम्
tasmāt sampūjayet bhaktyā svapitṝn putra mānavaḥ / kāmānabhīpsan sakalān pāpāccātmavimocanam
Therefore, my son, a man should worship his own fathers with devotion, if he desires all his wishes and the deliverance of himself from sin.
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MkP 32.37
वसून् रुद्रांस्तथादित्यान्नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः । प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः
vasūn rudrāṃstathādityānnakṣatragrahatārakāḥ / prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ
Gratified by the śrāddha, the ancestors of men give delight to the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Ādityas, and to the lunar mansions, planets and stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.38
आयुः प्रज्ञां धनं विद्यां स्वर्गं मोक्षं सुखानि च । प्रयच्छन्ति तथा राज्यं पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः
āyuḥ prajñāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca / prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ
Gratified by the śrāddha, the ancestors bestow long life, wisdom, wealth, learning, heaven, liberation, pleasures, and also kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 32.39
एतत् ते पुत्र ! कथितं श्राद्धकर्म यथोदितम् । काम्यानां श्रूयतां वत्स ! श्राद्धानां तिथिकीर्तनम्
etat te putra ! kathitaṃ śrāddhakarma yathoditam / kāmyānāṃ śrūyatāṃ vatsa ! śrāddhānāṃ tithikīrtanam
This, my son, has been told to you: the rite of the śrāddha as it is prescribed. Now let the recital of the (proper) lunar days for optional śrāddhas be heard, dear child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition