Markandya Purana (Markendya Rishi)
मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्
The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas, a Sanskrit text. It includes the famous Devi Mahatmya section, which praises the goddess Devi.
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+ Add ShlokaDescription of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 1
स तु लेपभुजो याति प्रलुप्तः पितृपिण्डतः।।
sa tu lepabhujo yāti praluptaḥ pitṛpiṇḍataḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 2
सो ऽपि सम्बन्धतो हीनमुपभोगं प्रपद्यते।।
so 'pi sambandhato hīnamupabhogaṃ prapadyate||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 3
पिण्डसम्बन्धिनो ह्येते विज्ञेयाः पुरुषास्त्रयः।।
piṇḍasambandhino hyete vijñeyāḥ puruṣāstrayaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 4
प्रभृत्युक्तास्त्रयस्तेषां यजमानश्च सप्तमः।।
prabhṛtyuktāstrayasteṣāṃ yajamānaśca saptamaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 5
यजमानात प्रभृत्यूर्ध्वमनुलेपभुजस्तथा।।
yajamānāt prabhṛtyūrdhvamanulepabhujastathā||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 6
ये च तिर्यक्त्वमापन्ना ये च भूतादिसंस्थिताः।।
ye ca tiryaktvamāpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 7
समाप्याययते वत्स! येन येन शृणुष्व तत।।
samāpyāyayate vatsa! yena yena śṛṇuṣva tat||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 8
तेन तृत्पिमुपायान्ति ये पिशाचत्वमागताः।।
tena tṛtpimupāyānti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 9
तेन ये तरुतां प्राप्तास्तेषां तृप्तिः प्रजायते।।
tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 10
ताभिराप्यायनं तेषां ये देवत्वं कुले गताः।।
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye devatvaṃ kule gatāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 11
ताभिराप्यायनं प्राप्ता ये तिर्यकत्वं कुले गताः।।
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ prāptā ye tiryakatvaṃ kule gatāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 12
विपन्नास्ते ऽन्नविकिर-संमार्जनजलाशिनः।।
vipannāste 'nnavikira-saṃmārjanajalāśinaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 13
ब्राह्मणानां तथैवान्ये तेन तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति वै।।
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaivānye tena tṛptiṃ prayānti vai||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 14
कश्चिज्जलान्नविक्षेपः शुचिरुच्छिष्ट एव वा।।
kaścijjalānnavikṣepaḥ śucirucchiṣṭa eva vā||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 15
प्रयान्त्याप्यायनं वत्स! सम्यक श्राद्धक्रियावताम।।
prayāntyāpyāyanaṃ vatsa! samyak śrāddhakriyāvatām||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 16
तृप्यन्ते तेन चाण्डालपुक्कसाद्यासु योनिषु।।
tṛpyante tena cāṇḍālapukkasādyāsu yoniṣu||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 17
श्राद्धं कुर्वदिभरन्नाम्बुबिन्दुक्षेपेण जायते।।
śrāddhaṃ kurvadibharannāmbubindukṣepeṇa jāyate||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 18
कुर्वोत कुर्वतः श्राद्धं कुले कश्चिन्न सीदति।।
kurvota kurvataḥ śrāddhaṃ kule kaścinna sīdati||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 19
विधिना येन च नरैः क्रियते तन्निबोध मे।।
vidhinā yena ca naraiḥ kriyate tannibodha me||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 20
तथाष्टकास्वप्यवश्यमिच्छाकालं निबोध मे।।
tathāṣṭakāsvapyavaśyamicchākālaṃ nibodha me||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 21
विषुवे रविसंक्रान्तौ व्यतिपाते च पुत्रक।।
viṣuve ravisaṃkrāntau vyatipāte ca putraka||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 22
जन्मर्क्षग्रहपीडासु श्राद्धं कुर्वोत चेच्छया।।
janmarkṣagrahapīḍāsu śrāddhaṃ kurvota cecchayā||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 23
त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रिमधुस्त्रिसुपर्णः षडङ्गवित।।
triṇāciketastrimadhustrisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 24
पञ्चाग्निकर्मनिष्ठश्च तपोनिष्ठो ऽथ मातुलः।।
pañcāgnikarmaniṣṭhaśca taponiṣṭho 'tha mātulaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 25
एते द्विजोत्तमाः श्राद्धे समस्ताः केतनक्षमाः।।
ete dvijottamāḥ śrāddhe samastāḥ ketanakṣamāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 26
पौनर्भवस्तथा काणः कुण्डो गोलो ऽथ पुत्रक।।
paunarbhavastathā kāṇaḥ kuṇḍo golo 'tha putraka||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 27
अबिशस्तस्तु तातेन पिशुनः सोमविक्रयी।।
abiśastastu tātena piśunaḥ somavikrayī||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 28
भृतकाध्यापको ऽमित्रः परपूर्वापतिस्तथा।।
bhṛtakādhyāpako 'mitraḥ parapūrvāpatistathā||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 29
तथान्ये च विकर्मस्था वर्ज्याः पित्र्येषु वै द्विजाः।।
tathānye ca vikarmasthā varjyāḥ pitryeṣu vai dvijāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 30
दैवे नियोगे पित्र्ये च तांस्तथैवोपकल्पयेत।।
daive niyoge pitrye ca tāṃstathaivopakalpayet||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 31
श्राद्धं दत्त्वा च भुक्त्वा च मैथुनं यो ऽनुगच्छति।।
śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca bhuktvā ca maithunaṃ yo 'nugacchati||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 32
गत्वा च योषितं श्राद्धे यो भुङ्क्ते यश्च गच्छति।।
gatvā ca yoṣitaṃ śrāddhe yo bhuṅkte yaśca gacchati||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 33
तस्मात्तु प्रथमं कार्यं प्राज्ञेनोपनिमन्त्रणम।।
tasmāttu prathamaṃ kāryaṃ prājñenopanimantraṇam||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 34
भिक्षार्थमागतान वापि काले संयमिनो यतीन।।
bhikṣārthamāgatān vāpi kāle saṃyamino yatīn||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 35
यथैव शुक्लपक्षाद्वै पितॄणामसितः प्रियः।।
yathaiva śuklapakṣādvai pitṝṇāmasitaḥ priyaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 36
संपूज्य स्वागतेनैतानभ्युपेतान गृहे द्विजान।।
saṃpūjya svāgatenaitānabhyupetān gṛhe dvijān||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 37
पितॄणामयुजः कामं युग्मान दैवे द्विजोत्तमान।।
pitṝṇāmayujaḥ kāmaṃ yugmān daive dvijottamān||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 38
तथा मातामहानाञ्च तुल्यं वा वैश्वदेविकम।।
tathā mātāmahānāñca tulyaṃ vā vaiśvadevikam||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 39
प्राङ्मुखान्दैवसङ्कल्पान पैत्र्यान कुर्यादुदङ्मुखान।।
prāṅmukhāndaivasaṅkalpān paitryān kuryādudaṅmukhān||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 40
विष्टरार्थे कुशान दत्त्वा पूज्य चार्घ्यादिना बुधः।।
viṣṭarārthe kuśān dattvā pūjya cārghyādinā budhaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 41
कुर्यादावाहनं प्राज्ञो देवानां मन्त्रतो द्विजः।।
kuryādāvāhanaṃ prājño devānāṃ mantrato dvijaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 42
गन्धमाल्याम्बुधूपञ्च दत्त्वा सम्यक सदिपकम।।
gandhamālyāmbudhūpañca dattvā samyak sadipakam||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 43
दर्भांश्च द्विगुणान दत्त्वा तेभ्यो ऽनुज्ञामवाप्य च।।
darbhāṃśca dviguṇān dattvā tebhyo 'nujñāmavāpya ca||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 44
अपसव्यं तथा चार्घ्यं यवार्थञ्च तथा तिलैः।।
apasavyaṃ tathā cārghyaṃ yavārthañca tathā tilaiḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 45
अग्नौ कार्यमनुज्ञातः कुरुष्वेति ततो द्विजैः।।
agnau kāryamanujñātaḥ kuruṣveti tato dvijaiḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 46
अग्नये कव्यवाहाय स्वहेति प्रथमाहुतिः।।
agnaye kavyavāhāya svaheti prathamāhutiḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 47
यमाय प्रेतपतये स्वाहेति त्रितयाहुतिः।।
yamāya pretapataye svāheti tritayāhutiḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 48
भाजनालम्भनं कृत्वा दद्याच्चान्नं यथाविधि।।
bhājanālambhanaṃ kṛtvā dadyāccānnaṃ yathāvidhi||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 49
भुञ्जीरंश्च ततस्ते ऽपि तच्चित्ता मौनिनः सुखम।।
bhuñjīraṃśca tataste 'pi taccittā mauninaḥ sukham||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 50
अक्रुध्यंश्च नरो दद्यात सम्भवेन प्रलोभयन।।
akrudhyaṃśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 51
सिद्धार्थकैश्च रक्षार्थं श्राद्धं हि प्रचुरच्छलम।।
siddhārthakaiśca rakṣārthaṃ śrāddhaṃ hi pracuracchalam||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 52
अनुज्ञातो नरस्त्वन्नं प्रकिरेत भुवि सर्वतः।।
anujñāto narastvannaṃ prakiret bhuvi sarvataḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 53
अनुज्ञाञ्च ततः प्राप्य यतवाक्कायमानसः।।
anujñāñca tataḥ prāpya yatavākkāyamānasaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 54
पितनुद्दिश्य दर्भेषु दद्यादुच्छिष्टसन्निधौ।।
pitanuddiśya darbheṣu dadyāducchiṣṭasannidhau||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 55
पितॄनिद्दिश्य यद्भक्त्या यजमानो नृपात्मज।।
pitṝniddiśya yadbhaktyā yajamāno nṛpātmaja||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 56
गन्धमाल्यादिसंयुक्तं दद्यादाचमनं ततः।।
gandhamālyādisaṃyuktaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 57
तैश्च तुष्टैस्तथेत्युक्त्वा वाचयेद्वैश्वदेविकान।।
taiśca tuṣṭaistathetyuktvā vācayedvaiśvadevikān||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 58
तथेति चोक्ते तैर्विप्रैः प्रार्थनीयास्तदाशिषः।।
tatheti cokte tairvipraiḥ prārthanīyāstadāśiṣaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 59
आद्वारमनुगच्छेच्चागच्छेच्चानुप्रमोदितः।।
ādvāramanugaccheccāgaccheccānupramoditaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 60
नित्यक्रियां पितॄणाञ्च केचिदिच्छन्ति सत्तमाः।।
nityakriyāṃ pitṝṇāñca kecidicchanti sattamāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 61
पृथक पाकेन नेत्यन्ये केचित पूर्वञ्च पूर्ववत।।
pṛthak pākena netyanye kecit pūrvañca pūrvavat||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 62
एवं कुर्वोत धर्मज्ञः श्राद्धं पित्र्यं समाहितः।।
evaṃ kurvota dharmajñaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitryaṃ samāhitaḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 63
त्रीणि श्राद्धे पवित्राणि दौहित्रं कुतपस्तिलाः।।
trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraṃ kutapastilāḥ||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 64
राजतञ्च तथा पात्रं शस्तं श्राद्धेषु पुत्रक!।।
rājatañca tathā pātraṃ śastaṃ śrāddheṣu putraka!||
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Description of the Pārvaṇa Śrāddha - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 31 · Verse 65
तस्मात पितॄणां रजतमभीष्टं प्रीतिवर्धनम।।
tasmāt pitṝṇāṃ rajatamabhīṣṭaṃ prītivardhanam||
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