Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 29 — Dama and Moksha
सम्पूजयेद्यथाशक्ति गन्धपुष्पादिभिस्तथा ।
न मित्रमतिथिं कुर्यान्नैकग्रामनिवासिनम् ॥
sampūjayed yathāśakti gandhapuṣpādibhis tathā / na mitram atithiṃ kuryān naikagrāmanivāsinam
अपनी शक्ति के अनुसार गंध, पुष्प आदि देकर अतिथि का पूजन करे। मित्र को ‘अतिथि’ न माने, और न ही उसी गाँव में रहने वाले को।
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FAQs
Atithi-dharma targets the vulnerable stranger, not one’s familiar circle. The instruction prevents hospitality from becoming a selective social performance.
Ācāra/Dharma guidance; it standardizes ethical obligation in daily life.
The ‘unknown other’ tests non-attachment and generosity; honoring the stranger is a ritualized breaking of self-centered boundaries.