Markandeya Purana · Chapter 30

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe madālasopadeśo nāmonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
madālasovāca
nityaṃ naimittakañcaiva nityanaimittikaṃ tathā /
gṛhasthasya tu yat karma tanniśāmaya putraka !

pañcayajñāśritaṃ nityaṃ yadetat kathitaṃ tava /
naimittikaṃ tathaivānyat putrajanmakriyādikam

nityanaimittikaṃ jñeyaṃ parvaśrāddhādi paṇḍitaiḥ /
tatra naimittikaṃ vakṣye śrāddhamabhyudayaṃ tava

putrajanmani yatkāryaṃ jātakarmasamaṃ naraiḥ /
vivāhādau ca kartavyaṃ sarvaṃ samyak krimoditam

pitaraścātra sampūjyāḥ khyātā nāndīmukhāstu ye /
piṇḍāṃśca dadhisaṃmiśrān dadyād yavasamanvitān

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā yajamānaḥ samāhitaḥ /
vaiśvadevavihīnaṃ tat kecidicchanti mānavāḥ

yugmāścātra dvijāḥ kāryāste ca pūjyāḥ pradakṣiṇam /
etannaimittikaṃ vṛddhau tathānyaccaurdhvadehikam

mṛtāhani ca kartavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat /
daivahīnaṃ tathā kāryaṃ tathaivaikapavitrakam

āvāhanaṃ na kartavyamagnaukaraṇavarjitam /
pretasya piṇḍamekañca dadyāducchiṣṭasannidhau

tilodakaṃ cāpasavyaṃ tannāmasmaraṇānvitam /
akṣayyamamukasyeti sthāne vipravisarjane

abhiraṇyatāmiti brūyād brūyuste 'bhiratāḥ sma ha /
pratimāsaṃ bhavedetat kāryamā vatsaraṃ naraiḥ

atha saṃvatsare pūrṇe yadā vā kriyate naraiḥ /
sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ tasyāpi vidhirucyate

taccāpi daivarahitamekārghyaikapavitrakam /
naivāgnaukaraṇaṃ tatra taccāvāhanavarjitam

apasavyañca tatrāpi bhojayedayujo dvijān /
viśeṣastatra cānyo 'sti pratimāsaṃ kriyādhikaḥ

taṃ kathyamānamekāgro vadantyā me niśāmaya /
tilagandhodakairyuktaṃ tatra pātracatuṣṭayam

kuryāt pitṝṇāṃ tritayamekaṃ pretasya putraka /
pātratraye pretapātramarghyañcaiva prasecayet

ye samānā iti japan pūrvavaccheṣamācaret /
strīṇāmapyevamevaitadekīddiṣṭamudāhṛtam

sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ tāsāṃ putrābhāve na vidyate /
pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryamekoddiṣṭaṃ naraiḥ striyāḥ

mṛtāhani yathānyāyaṃ nṛṇāṃ yadvadihoditam /
putrābhāve sapiṇḍāstu tadabhāve sahodakāḥ

mātuḥ sapiṇḍā ye ca syurye ca mātuḥ sahodakāḥ /
kuryurenaṃ vidhiṃ samyagaputrasya sutāsutaḥ

kuryurmātāmahāyaivaṃ putrikāstanayāstathā /
dvyāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñāstu mātāmahapitāmahān

pūjayeyuryathānyāyaṃ śrāddhairnaimittikairapi /
sarvābhāve striyaḥ kuryuḥ svabhartṝṇāmamantrakam

tadabhāve ca nṛpatiḥ kārayet svakuṭumbinā /
tajjātīyairnaraiḥ samyāg dāhādyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ

sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ bāndhavo nṛpatiryataḥ /
etāste kathitā vatsa ! nityanaimittakāstathā

kriyāṃ śrāddhāśrayāmanyāṃ nityanaimittikīṃ śṛṇu /
darśastatra nimittaṃ vai kālaścandrakṣayātmakaḥ /
nityātāṃ niyataḥ kālastasyāḥ saṃsūcayatyatha