Shloka 1
Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽलर्कानुशासने पार्वणश्राद्धकल्पोनाम एकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
मदालसोवाच ।
अतः परं शृणुष्वेमं पुत्र ! भक्त्या यदाहृतम् ।
पितॄणां प्रीतये यद्वा वर्ज्यं वा प्रीतिकारकम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe 'larkānuśāsane pārvaṇaśrāddhakalpo nāma ekatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | madālasa uvāca | ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇuṣvemaṃ putra! bhaktyā yad āhṛtam | pitṝṇāṃ prītaye yad vā varjyaṃ vā prītikārakam ||
かくして『聖マールカṇḍेय・プラーナ』において、アラルカへの教誨のうち、「パールヴァナ・シュラーダ（Pārvaṇa Śrāddha）の作法」と名づけられた第三十一章は終わる。いま第三十二章が始まる。マダーラサは言った。「これより先、わが子よ、信敬をもって教えを聴きなさい—ピトリを喜ばせるもの、避けるべきもの、そして彼らの満足をもたらすものについて。」
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FAQs
Dharma teaching is framed as affectionate transmission: Madālasa structures the next unit around discernment—knowing what truly pleases the ancestors versus what undermines the rite.
This is a paratextual transition into further Ācāra/Dharma material; it does not directly treat sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
The shift from ‘procedure’ to ‘pleasing/avoiding’ indicates a movement from external correctness to inner alignment—intention and suitability (aucitya) as the subtle core of ritual.