Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 29, Shloka 46
Adhyaya 29 — Alarka’s Inquiry and Madalasa’s Teaching on Householder Dharma (Gārhasthya), Vaiśvadeva, and Atithi Hospitality
वैश्वदेवं हि नामैतत् कुर्यात् सायं तथा दिने । मांसमन्नं तथा शाकं गृहे यच्चोपसाधितम् । न च तत् स्वयमश्नीयाद् विधिवद्यन्न निर्वपेत् ॥
vaiśvadevaṃ hi nāmaitat kuryāt sāyaṃ tathā dine | māṃsam annaṃ tathā śākaṃ gṛhe yac copasādhitam | na ca tat svayam aśnīyād vidhivad yanna nirvapet ||
此法确名为“毗湿伐提婆”（Vaiśvadeva，普供）；应于傍晚亦于白昼行之。凡家中所备之物——肉食、熟食或蔬菜——未先依正法分置并施与诸分之前，不应自食。
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FAQs
Consumption is to be sanctified by prior sharing and offering. The householder’s meal becomes dharmic when it acknowledges devas and dependent beings first.
Ācāra/Dharma instruction closely aligned with pañca-yajña praxis; not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative element.
‘Not eating first’ disciplines the ego’s immediacy. The offering (nirvapaṇa) converts private appetite into a cosmic exchange, making food a sacrament rather than mere gratification.