Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 33, Shloka 12
Adhyaya 33 — Madālasa on the Fruit of Śrāddha Performed on Lunar Days and Nakṣatras
रूपयुक्तश्च चित्रासु तथापत्यान्यवाप्नुयात् ।
वाणिज्यलाभदा स्वातिर्विशाखा पुत्रकामदा ॥
rūpayuktaś ca citrāsu tathā apatyāny avāpnuyāt | vāṇijya-lābhadā svātir viśākhā putrakāmadā ||
चित्रा नक्षत्र में वह सौंदर्य/आकर्षण से युक्त होता है और संतान पाता है। स्वाती व्यापार में लाभ देती है, और विशाखा इच्छित पुत्र प्रदान करती है।
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FAQs
Even worldly aims (beauty, trade-profit, children) are placed under a dharmic framework: prosperity is legitimized when pursued through reverence and prescribed conduct rather than exploitation.
Ācāra/dharma material; a practical calendar of ritual fruits.
The nakṣatra mapping encodes a doctrine of ‘qualified time’: time is not homogeneous; certain windows are believed to resonate with specific human outcomes.