Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 61
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
भुञ्जीत पुरुषः स्नातः सायं प्रातर्यथाविधि ।
परदाराः न गन्तव्याः पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ॥
bhuñjīta puruṣaḥ snātaḥ sāyaṃ prātaryathāvidhi | paradārā na gantavyāḥ puruṣeṇa vipaścitā ||
मनुष्य को स्नान करके, नियम के अनुसार, प्रातः और सायंकाल भोजन करना चाहिए। बुद्धिमान पुरुष को पर-स्त्री के पास नहीं जाना चाहिए।
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FAQs
Outer cleanliness (bathing) and inner restraint (sexual discipline) are paired as foundations of household dharma; wisdom is defined by control over appetite and desire.
Dharma/ācāra material ancillary to the Purāṇic core; not a pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
The two ‘fires’—digestive fire and sexual impulse—are to be governed; disciplined conduct preserves ojas and steadies mind and life-force.