Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 51
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
सतो गृहे द्विजाग्र्यस्य निष्पत्तिः सर्वकर्मणाम् । नित्यनैमित्तिकानाञ्च हानिरेवं प्रवासिनः ॥
sato gṛhe dvijāgryasya niṣpattiḥ sarva-karmaṇām | nitya-naimittikānāṃ ca hānir evaṃ pravāsinaḥ ||
ಸತ್ಗೃಹಸ್ಥನಾದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ದ್ವಿಜನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಧರ್ಮಗಳು ಯಥಾವಿಧಿಯಾಗಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತವೆ; ಆದರೆ ಪರದೇಶವಾಸಿಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯ-ನೈಮಿತ್ತಿಕ ಕರ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾನಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುತ್ತದೆ।
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FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as ecological—supported by a stable setting (home, routine, community). The ‘completion’ of duties requires continuity of place and order, not merely intention.
Falls under dharma-ācāra instruction; not one of the five formal purāṇic lakṣaṇas.
‘Gṛha’ can indicate the inner ‘seat’ (adhikaraṇa) where practice matures; when consciousness ‘lives away’ (pravāsa), practices become fragmentary and lose their transformative force.