Shloka 1
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पुत्रानुशासने मदालसावाक्यं नामाष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः ॥
ऊनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
अलर्क उवाच यत् कार्यं पुरुषाणां च गार्हस्थ्यमनुवर्तताम् ।
बन्धश्च स्याद् अकरणे क्रियायाः यस्य चोच्छ्रितिः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe putrānuśāsane madālasāvākyaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || ūnatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | alarka uvāca yat kāryaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ ca gārhasthyam anuvartatām | bandhaś ca syād akaraṇe kriyāyā yasya cocchritiḥ ||
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯಪುರಾಣದ ಪುತ್ರೋಪದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಮದಾಲಸಾವಾಕ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೆಂಟನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು. ಈಗ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂಬತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಲರ್ಕನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಗೃಹಸ್ಥಾಶ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುವ ಪುರುಷರ ಧರ್ಮವೇನು? ಅದನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ ಯಾವ ಋಣ (ಬಂಧನ) ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ—ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವೂ ಪ್ರಮಾಣಭೂತವೂ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಡುವ ಆ ಕರ್ಮವೇನು?
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FAQs
The text pivots from general royal/social dharma to the practical foundation of society: the householder. The question frames dharma as both positive duty (kārya) and binding responsibility (bandha) when neglected.
Again, primarily dharma-upadeśa (ethical instruction) rather than the five canonical topics; it functions as normative teaching within the Purāṇic corpus.
By calling the rite ‘ucchrita’ (exalted), the verse signals that ordinary life-actions (especially in gārhasthya) can be vehicles of spiritual ascent when aligned with dharma—binding when ignored, liberating when performed rightly.