Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 30, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
अभिरण्यतामिति ब्रूयाद् ब्रूयुस्ते 'भिरताः स्म ह ।
प्रतिमासं भवेदेतत् कार्यमावात्सरं नरैः ॥
abhiraṇyatām iti brūyād brūyus te 'bhiratāḥ sma ha | pratimāsaṃ bhaved etat kāryam ā vatsaraṃ naraiḥ ||
તે કહે: ‘અભિરણ્યતામ્’ (આનંદ/સમૃદ્ધિ થાઓ). તેઓ (બ્રાહ્મણો) કહે: ‘અભિરતાઃ સ્મ’ (અમે પ્રસન્ન છીએ). આ વિધિ પુરુષોએ દર મહિને, પૂર્ણ એક વર્ષ સુધી કરવી જોઈએ.
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FAQs
Dharma is sustained by repetition and community validation: the exchange of blessings marks social and ritual completion, while the year-long discipline expresses steady care for the departed.
Ritual-dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
A monthly cadence mirrors lunar time; steady observance symbolically guides the departed through stages, converting grief into regulated offering and remembrance.