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 ShlokaThe ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 1
पितॄणां प्रीतये यद्वा वर्ज्यं वा प्रीतिकारकम।।
pitṝṇāṃ prītaye yadvā varjyaṃ vā prītikārakam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 2
मासद्वयं मत्स्यमांसैस्तृप्तिं यान्ति पितामहाः।।
māsadvayaṃ matsyamāṃsaistṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 3
चतुर्मासांस्तु पुष्णाति शशस्य पिशितं पितॄन।।
caturmāsāṃstu puṣṇāti śaśasya piśitaṃ pitṝn||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 4
छागलं सप्त वै मासानैणेयञ्चाष्टमासिकीम।।
chāgalaṃ sapta vai māsānaiṇeyañcāṣṭamāsikīm||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 5
गवयस्यामिषं तृप्तिं करोति दशमासिकीम।।
gavayasyāmiṣaṃ tṛptiṃ karoti daśamāsikīm||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 6
संवत्सरं तथा गव्यं पयः पायसमेव वा।।
saṃvatsaraṃ tathā gavyaṃ payaḥ pāyasameva vā||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 7
दौहित्रामिषमन्यच्च यच्चान्यत स्वकुलोद्भवैः।।
dauhitrāmiṣamanyacca yaccānyat svakulodbhavaiḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 8
पितॄणां नात्र सन्देहो गायाश्राद्धञ्च पुत्रक।।
pitṝṇāṃ nātra sandeho gāyāśrāddhañca putraka||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 9
नीवाराः पौष्कलाश्चैव धान्यानां पितृतृप्तये।।
nīvārāḥ pauṣkalāścaiva dhānyānāṃ pitṛtṛptaye||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 10
प्रियङ्गवः कोविदारा निष्पावाश्चातिशोभनाः।।
priyaṅgavaḥ kovidārā niṣpāvāścātiśobhanāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 11
विप्राषिका मसूराश्च श्राद्धकर्मणि गर्हिताः।।
viprāṣikā masūrāśca śrāddhakarmaṇi garhitāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 12
करम्भं यानि चान्यानि हीनानि रसवर्णतः।।
karambhaṃ yāni cānyāni hīnāni rasavarṇataḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 13
आरक्ता ये च निर्यासाः प्रत्यक्षलवणानि च।।
āraktā ye ca niryāsāḥ pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 14
यच्चोत्कोचादिना प्राप्तं पतिताद्यदुपार्जितम।।
yaccotkocādinā prāptaṃ patitādyadupārjitam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 15
दुर्गन्धि फेनिलञ्चाम्बु तथैवाल्पतरोदकम।।
durgandhi phenilañcāmbu tathaivālpatarodakam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 16
यन्न सर्वापचोत्सृष्टं यच्चाभोज्यं निपानजम।।
yanna sarvāpacotsṛṣṭaṃ yaccābhojyaṃ nipānajam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 17
मार्गमाविकमौष्ट्रञ्च सर्वमैकशफञ्च यत।।
mārgamāvikamauṣṭrañca sarvamaikaśaphañca yat||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 18
पित्रर्थं मे प्रयच्छस्वेत्युक्त्वा यच्चाप्युपाहृतम।।
pitrarthaṃ me prayacchasvetyuktvā yaccāpyupāhṛtam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 19
वर्ज्या जन्तुमती रूक्षा क्षितिः प्लुष्टा तथाग्निना।।
varjyā jantumatī rūkṣā kṣitiḥ pluṣṭā tathāgninā||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 20
कुलापमानकाः श्राद्धे व्यायुज्य कुलहिंसकाः।।
kulāpamānakāḥ śrāddhe vyāyujya kulahiṃsakāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 21
अपुमानपविद्धश्च कुक्कुटो ग्रामशूकरः।।
apumānapaviddhaśca kukkuṭo grāmaśūkaraḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 22
तस्मात सुसंवृतो दद्यात्तिलैश्चावकिरन्महीम।।
tasmāt susaṃvṛto dadyāttilaiścāvakiranmahīm||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 23
शावसूतकसंस्पृष्टं दीर्घरोगिभिरेव च।।
śāvasūtakasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ dīrgharogibhireva ca||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 24
वर्जनीयं तथा श्राद्धे तथोदक्याश्च दर्शनम।।
varjanīyaṃ tathā śrāddhe tathodakyāśca darśanam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 25
केशकीटावपन्नञ्च तथाश्वभिरवेक्षितम।।
keśakīṭāvapannañca tathāśvabhiravekṣitam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 26
वर्जनीयानि वै श्राद्धे यच्च वस्त्रानिलाहतम।।
varjanīyāni vai śrāddhe yacca vastrānilāhatam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 27
यदाहारास्तु ते जातास्तदाहारत्वमेति तत।।
yadāhārāstu te jātāstadāhāratvameti tat||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 28
यथावच्चैव दातव्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिमिच्छता।।
yathāvaccaiva dātavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimicchatā||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 29
योगाधारा हि पिररस्तस्मात तान पूजयेत सदा।।
yogādhārā hi pirarastasmāt tān pūjayet sadā||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 30
यजमानञ्च भोक्तॄंश्च नौरिवाम्भसि तारयेत।।
yajamānañca bhoktṝṃśca naurivāmbhasi tārayet||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 31
या गीताः पितृभिः पूर्वमैलस्यासीन्महीपतेः।।
yā gītāḥ pitṛbhiḥ pūrvamailasyāsīnmahīpateḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 32
यो योगिभुक्तशोषान्नो भुवि पिण्डं प्रदास्यति।।
yo yogibhuktaśoṣānno bhuvi piṇḍaṃ pradāsyati||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 33
कालशाकं तिलाढ्यं वा कृसरं मासतृप्तये।।
kālaśākaṃ tilāḍhyaṃ vā kṛsaraṃ māsatṛptaye||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 34
विषाणवर्ज्यखड्गाप्त्या आसूर्यञ्चाश्नुवामहे।।
viṣāṇavarjyakhaḍgāptyā āsūryañcāśnuvāmahe||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 35
मधुसर्पिः समायुक्तं पायसं दक्षिणायने।।
madhusarpiḥ samāyuktaṃ pāyasaṃ dakṣiṇāyane||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 36
कामानभीप्सन सकलान पापाच्चात्मविमोचनम।।
kāmānabhīpsan sakalān pāpāccātmavimocanam||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 37
प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः।।
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 38
प्रयच्छन्ति तथा राज्यं पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः।।
prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ||
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The ordinance of the Śrāddha - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 32 · Verse 39
काम्यानां श्रूयतां वत्स! श्राद्धानां तिथिकीर्तनम।।
kāmyānāṃ śrūyatāṃ vatsa! śrāddhānāṃ tithikīrtanam||
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