Shloka 1
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे काम्यश्राद्धफलाकथनं नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः । चतुस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः । मदालसोवाच एवम् पुत्र ! गृहस्थेन देवताः पितरस्तथा । संपूज्या हव्यकव्याभ्यामन्नेनातिथिबान्धवाः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kāmyaśrāddhaphalakathanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | catuṣtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | madālasovāca evam putra | gṛhasthena devatāḥ pitaras tathā | saṃpūjyā havyakavyābhyām annenātithibāndhavāḥ ||
Ainsi s’achève le trente-troisième chapitre, intitulé « Exposé des fruits du śrāddha motivé par le désir (kāmya-śrāddha) ». Commence maintenant le trente-quatrième chapitre. Madālasa dit : « Ainsi donc, mon fils : le maître de maison doit honorer comme il se doit les divinités et, de même, les ancêtres, par des offrandes destinées aux dieux (havis) et aux pères (kavya) ; et par la nourriture il doit honorer les hôtes et les parents. »
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FAQs
Householder life is sanctified by reciprocity: one sustains gods (through havis), ancestors (through kavya), and society (through feeding guests/kin). Dharma is portrayed as relational maintenance, not private piety alone.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa segment proper, but a normative layer commonly embedded in Purāṇic discourse.
Havya and kavya represent two ‘streams’ of obligation—upward (to devas) and backward (to pitṛs). Balancing both is a symbolic balancing of future aspiration and ancestral continuity.