Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 46
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
वैश्वदेवं हि नामैतत् कुर्यात् सायं तथा दिने । मांसमन्नं तथा शाकं गृहे यच्चोपसाधितम् । न च तत् स्वयमश्नीयाद् विधिवद्यन्न निर्वपेत् ॥
vaiśvadevaṃ hi nāmaitat kuryāt sāyaṃ tathā dine | māṃsam annaṃ tathā śākaṃ gṛhe yac copasādhitam | na ca tat svayam aśnīyād vidhivad yanna nirvapet ||
इसे ही निश्चय से ‘वैश्वदेव’ कहा जाता है; इसे सायंकाल और दिन में भी करना चाहिए। घर में जो कुछ पकाया गया हो—मांस, पका अन्न या शाक—उसे विधि के अनुसार पहले भाग बाँटकर/अर्पित करके ही स्वयं खाना चाहिए।
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FAQs
Consumption is to be sanctified by prior sharing and offering. The householder’s meal becomes dharmic when it acknowledges devas and dependent beings first.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction closely aligned with pañca-yajña praxis; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.
‘Not eating first’ disciplines the ego’s immediacy. The offering (nirvapaṇa) converts private appetite into a cosmic exchange, making food a sacrament rather than mere gratification.