Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 22
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
स्थानेषु निक्षिपेत् प्राज्ञस्तास्ता उद्दिश्य देवताः ।
एवं गृहबलिं कृत्वा गृहे गृहपतिः शुचिः ॥
sthāneṣu nikṣipet prājñas tāstā uddiśya devatāḥ / evaṃ gṛhabaliṃ kṛtvā gṛhe gṛhapatiḥ śuciḥ
The wise person should place the portions in their respective spots, designating the corresponding deities. Having thus performed the household offerings (gṛhabali), the master of the house remains pure within the home.
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FAQs
Purity is framed as a consequence of conscientious duty: the householder becomes ‘śuci’ not by exclusion, but by correct distribution—giving each sphere its due.
Ācāra/Dharma layer; Purāṇas often interweave such prescriptive passages alongside genealogical and cosmological accounts.
‘Uddiśya’ (intentional designation) implies that offering is fundamentally about directed consciousness; places in the home become a mapped sacred cosmos when paired with correct invocation.