Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 30, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
नित्यनैमित्तिकं ज्ञेयं पर्वश्राद्धादि पण्डितैः ।
तत्र नैमित्तिकं वक्ष्ये श्राद्धमभ्युदयं तव ॥
nityanaimittikaṃ jñeyaṃ parvaśrāddhādi paṇḍitaiḥ | tatra naimittikaṃ vakṣye śrāddham abhyudayaṃ tava ||
विद्वान् जन पर्व-श्राद्ध आदि ऋतु/उत्सव-सम्बन्धी श्राद्धों को नित्य-नैमित्तिक कर्तव्यों के वर्ग में समझें। इन्हीं में से अब मैं तुम्हें ‘अभ्युदय’ नामक शुभ नैमित्तिक श्राद्ध का विधान बताता हूँ।
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FAQs
Householder dharma includes both regular and occasion-driven obligations; honoring ancestors is framed as a disciplined duty, not merely a personal choice, and auspicious life-events are to be sanctified through pitṛ-related rites.
Primarily Dharma/ācāra material (outside the core pañcalakṣaṇa themes like sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita), though it supports vaṃśānucarita indirectly by sustaining lineage through rites.
Abhyudaya-śrāddha links prosperity with gratitude to forebears: ‘abhyudaya’ is outward success grounded in continuity (ṛṇa) and remembrance (smaraṇa).