Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 33, Shloka 10

Adhyaya 33 — Madālasa on the Fruit of Śrāddha Performed on Lunar Days and Nakṣatras

Sanskrit

पुष्टिं पुष्ये सदाभ्यर्च्य आश्लेषासु वरान् सुतान् ।

मघासु स्वजनश्रैष्ठ्यं सौभाग्यं फाल्गुनीषु च ॥

Transliteration

puṣṭiṃ puṣye sadābhyarcya āśleṣāsu varān sutān | maghāsu svajana-śraiṣṭhyaṃ saubhāgyaṃ phālgunīṣu ca ||

Translation

ပုရှျ နက္ခတ်တွင် ဘိုးဘွားများကို ပူဇော်ခြင်း (ရှရဒ္ဓ) ဖြင့် အာဟာရနှင့် စီးပွားတိုးတက်မှု ရသည်။ အာရှလေရှာတွင် သားကောင်းများ ရသည်။ မဂ္ဃာတွင် မိမိအမျိုးအနွယ်အတွင်း ထင်ရှားမြင့်မားမှု ရသည်။ ဖာလ္ဂုနီများတွင် ကံကောင်းခြင်း ရသည်။

Word by Word

• puṣṭim: nourishment, prosperity
• puṣṭim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• puṣye: in (the nakṣatra) Puṣya
• puṣye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (नक्षत्र-नाम)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• abhyarcya: having worshipped
• abhyarcya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having worshipped’

• āśleṣāsu: in (the nakṣatra) Āśleṣā
• āśleṣāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśleṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (नक्षत्र-नाम)

• varān: excellent, choice
• varān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• sutān: sons
• sutān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• maghāsu: in (the nakṣatra) Maghā
• maghāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maghā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (नक्षत्र-नाम)

• svajana-śraiṣṭhyam: pre-eminence among one’s own people
• svajana-śraiṣṭhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svajana (प्रातिपदिक) + śraiṣṭhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svajanasya śraiṣṭhyam)

• saubhāgyam: good fortune
• saubhāgyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saubhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• phālgunīṣu: in (the) Phālgunīs
• phālgunīṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālgunī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (नक्षत्र-नाम: पूर्व/उत्तर-फाल्गुनी)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speakers

• Dharma-instructional narrator within the Purāṇic dialogue framework (not Devi Māhātmya); specific speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Pitṛs (Ancestors)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Nakṣatra observance
• Progeny
• Saubhāgya
• Social standing

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Desired household goods—children, standing, fortune—are framed as arising from reverent continuity with ancestors, reinforcing the Purāṇic ethic that family welfare is inseparable from ritual memory.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ācāra/dharma instruction (ancillary Purāṇic material).

What is the esoteric significance?

Maghā is widely associated with Pitṛs in Indian astral lore; thus the promise of ‘eminence among one’s people’ symbolically mirrors ancestral eminence being reflected back into the lineage.