Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 6
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
मदालसोवाच गृहस्थेन सदा कार्यमाचारपरिपालनम् । न ह्याचारविहीनस्य सुखमत्र परत्र वा ॥
madālasovāca gṛhasthena sadā kāryam ācāraparipālanam | na hy ācāravihīnasya sukham atra paratra vā ||
ਮਦਾਲਸਾ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਗ੍ਰਿਹਸਥ ਨੂੰ ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾਚਾਰ ਦਾ ਪਾਲਣ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ; ਆਚਾਰਹੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਨਾ ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਖ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਨਾ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ।
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FAQs
Conduct (ācāra) is treated as the foundation of all other virtues and rites; without it, neither worldly stability nor spiritual merit matures.
Normative dharma passage; not pancalakṣaṇa.
Ācāra is ‘the path made visible’: inner values must crystallize into repeatable patterns; otherwise, both social harmony and inner purification remain unstable.