Shloka 1
Adhyaya 33 — Madālasa on the Fruit of Śrāddha Performed on Lunar Days and Nakṣatras
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे श्राद्धकल्पो नाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः । त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः मदालसोवाच— प्रतिपद्धनलाभाय द्वितीया द्विपदप्रदा । वरार्थिनी तृतीया तु चतुर्थो शत्रुनाशिनी ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe śrāddhakalpo nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ madālasovāca pratipad dhana-lābhāya dvitīyā dvipada-pradā / varārthinī tṛtīyā tu caturthī śatru-nāśinī
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯ ಪುರಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ-ಕಲ್ಪ’ ಎಂಬ ಮೂವತ್ತೆರಡನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು. ಈಗ ಮೂವತ್ತಮೂರನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮದಾಲಸಾ ಹೇಳಿದರು— ಪ್ರತಿಪತ್ ತಿಥಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮ್ಯ ಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ಧನಲಾಭ; ದ್ವಿತೀಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಶು/ಗೋಸಂಪತ್ತು; ತೃತೀಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವರ ಬಯಸುವವರಿಗೆ; ಚತುರ್ಥೀ ಶತ್ರುನಾಶಕ।
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FAQs
The Purāṇa integrates human goals (wealth, security, success) into a dharmic schedule, implying desires are to be pursued through regulated, gratitude-centered rites rather than adharma.
This is ritual-ethics instruction, not the core pancalakṣaṇa categories; it belongs to the Purāṇic function of teaching dharma through narrative and practical lists.
Tithis are treated as qualitative ‘moods of time.’ Linking each tithi to a fruit encodes a view that intention, rite, and temporal quality together shape outcomes.