Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 64
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
पूज्यन्ते हव्यकव्याभ्यां देवताः पितरस्तथा ।
यामयोऽतिथयश्चापि तद्गेहं यक्ष वर्जय ॥
pūjyante havyakavyābhyāṃ devatāḥ pitaras tathā | yāmayo 'tithayaś cāpi tad gehaṃ yakṣa varjaya ||
ਹੇ ਯਕਸ਼! ਜਿਸ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਪਿਤਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਵ੍ਯ-ਕਵ੍ਯ ਭੇਟਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਨਿਯਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿੱਥੇ ਅਤਿਥੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਯਥੋਚਿਤ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪੀੜਤ/ਦੁਖੀ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਵੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ—ਉਸ ਘਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਚੋ।
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FAQs
A home that maintains deva- and pitṛ-obligations and practices hospitality is considered ritually sealed and ethically luminous; such a place should not be disturbed. Dharma is expressed as both rite (offerings) and compassion (care for guests/afflicted).
Applied dharma instruction; not a core pancalakṣaṇa category, though it supports the Purāṇic aim of teaching right living.
‘Havya-kavya’ represent upward and downward currents of obligation (to devas and ancestors). When both are balanced, the household becomes harmonized across visible and invisible relations, limiting disruptive ingress.