Markandeya Purana · Chapter 31

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe alarkānuśāsane naimittikādiśrāddhakalpo nāma triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ekatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
madālasovāca
sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ pituryaḥ prapitāmahaḥ /
sa tu lepabhujo yāti praluptaḥ pitṛpiṇḍataḥ

teṣāmanyaścaturtho yaḥ putralepabhujānnabhuk /
so 'pi sambandhato hīnamupabhogaṃ prapadyate

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ /
piṇḍasambandhino hyete vijñeyāḥ puruṣāstrayaḥ

tepasambandhinaścānye pitāmahapitāmahāt /
prabhṛtyuktāstrayasteṣāṃ yajamānaśca saptamaḥ

ityeṣa mu nabhiḥ proktaḥ sambandhaḥ sāptapauruṣaḥ /
yajamānāt prabhṛtyūrdhvamanulepabhujastathā

tato 'nye pūrvajāḥ sarve ye cānye narakaukasaḥ /
ye ca tiryaktvamāpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ

tān sarvān yajamāno vai śrāddhaṃ kurvan yathāvidhi /
samāpyāyayate vatsa ! yena yena śṛṇuṣva tat

annaprakiraṇaṃ yat tu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi /
tena tṛtpimupāyānti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ

yadambu strānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati putraka ! /
tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate

yāstu gātrāmbukaṇikāḥ patanti dharaṇītale /
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye devatvaṃ kule gatāḥ

uddhṛteṣvatha piṇḍeṣu yāścānnakaṇikā bhuvi /
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ prāptā ye tiryakatvaṃ kule gatāḥ

ye vādagdhāḥ kule bālāḥ kriyāyogyā hyasaṃskṛtāḥ /
vipannāste 'nnavikira-saṃmārjanajalāśinaḥ

bhuktvā cācāmatāṃ yacca jalaṃ yaccāṅghrisecane /
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaivānye tena tṛptiṃ prayānti vai

evaṃ yo yajamānasya yaśca teṣāṃ dvijanmanām /
kaścijjalānnavikṣepaḥ śucirucchiṣṭa eva vā

tenānye tatkule tatra tattadyonyantaraṃ gatāḥ /
prayāntyāpyāyanaṃ vatsa ! samyak śrāddhakriyāvatām

anyāyopārjitairarthairyacchrāddhaṃ kriyate naraiḥ /
tṛpyante tena cāṇḍālapukkasādyāsu yoniṣu

evamāpyāyanaṃ vatsa ! bahūnāmiha bāndhavaiḥ /
śrāddhaṃ kurvadibharannāmbubindukṣepeṇa jāyate

tasmācchrāddhaṃ naro bhaktyā śākairapi yathāvidhi /
kurvota kurvataḥ śrāddhaṃ kule kaścinna sīdati

tasya kālānahaṃ vakṣye nityanaimittikātmakān /
vidhinā yena ca naraiḥ kriyate tannibodha me

kāryaṃ śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ māsi māsyuḍupakṣaye /
tathāṣṭakāsvapyavaśyamicchākālaṃ nibodha me

viśiṣṭabrāhmaṇaprāptau sūryendugrahaṇe 'yane /
viṣuve ravisaṃkrāntau vyatipāte ca putraka

śrāddhārhadravyasamprāptau tathā duḥsvapnadarśane /
janmarkṣagrahapīḍāsu śrāddhaṃ kurvota cecchayā

viśiṣṭaḥ śrotriyo yogī vedavijjyeṣṭhasāmagaḥ /
triṇāciketastrimadhustrisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit

dauhitraṛtvigjāmātṛsvastrīyāḥ śvaśurastathā /
pañcāgnikarmaniṣṭhaśca taponiṣṭho 'tha mātulaḥ

mātāpitṛparāścaiva śiṣyasambandhibāndhavāḥ /
ete dvijottamāḥ śrāddhe samastāḥ ketanakṣamāḥ

avakīrṇo tathā rogī nyūne cāṅge tathādhike /
paunarbhavastathā kāṇaḥ kuṇḍo golo 'tha putraka

mitradhruk kunakhī klībaḥ śyāvadanto nirākṛtiḥ /
abiśastastu tātena piśunaḥ somavikrayī

kanyādūṣayitā vaidyo gurupitrostathojjhakaḥ /
bhṛtakādhyāpako 'mitraḥ parapūrvāpatistathā

vedojjho 'thāgnisantyāgī vṛṣalīpatidūṣitaḥ /
tathānye ca vikarmasthā varjyāḥ pitryeṣu vai dvijāḥ

nimantrayeta pūrvedyuḥ pūrvoktān dvijasattamān /
daive niyoge pitrye ca tāṃstathaivopakalpayet

taiśca saṃyatibhirbhāvyaṃ yaśca śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati /
śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca bhuktvā ca maithunaṃ yo 'nugacchati

pitarastu tayormāsaṃ tasmina retasi śerate /
gatvā ca yoṣitaṃ śrāddhe yo bhuṅkte yaśca gacchati

retomūtrakṛtāhārāstanmāsaṃ pitarastayoḥ /
tasmāttu prathamaṃ kāryaṃ prājñenopanimantraṇam

aprāptau taddine cāpi varjyā yoṣitprasaṅginaḥ /
bhikṣārthamāgatān vāpi kāle saṃyamino yatīn

bhojayet praṇipātādyaiḥ prāsādya yatamānasaḥ /
yathaiva śuklapakṣādvai pitṝṇāmasitaḥ priyaḥ

tathāparāhnaḥ pūrvāhnāt pitṝṇāmatirityate /
saṃpūjya svāgatenaitānabhyupetān gṛhe dvijān

pavitrapāṇirācāntānāsaneṣūpaveśayet /
pitṝṇāmayujaḥ kāmaṃ yugmān daive dvijottamān

ekaikaṃ vā pitṝṇāñca devānāñca svaśaktitaḥ /
tathā mātāmahānāñca tulyaṃ vā vaiśvadevikam

pṛthak tayostathā cānye kecidicchanti mānavāḥ /
prāṅmukhāndaivasaṅkalpān paitryān kuryādudaṅmukhān

tathaiva mātāmahānāṃ vidhirukto manīṣibhiḥ /
viṣṭarārthe kuśān dattvā pūjya cārghyādinā budhaḥ

pavitrakādi vai dattvā tebhyo 'nujñāmavāpya ca /
kuryādāvāhanaṃ prājño devānāṃ mantrato dvijaḥ

yavāmbhobhistathā cārghyaṃ dattvā vai vaiśvadevikam /
gandhamālyāmbudhūpañca dattvā samyak sadipakam

apasavyaṃ pitṝṇāñca sarvamevopakalpayet /
darbhāṃśca dviguṇān dattvā tebhyo 'nujñāmavāpya ca

mantrapūrvaṃ pitṝṇāñca kuryādāvāhanaṃ budhaḥ /
apasavyaṃ tathā cārghyaṃ yavārthañca tathā tilaiḥ

niṣpādayenmahābhāga ! pitṝṇaṃ prīṇane rataḥ /
agnau kāryamanujñātaḥ kuruṣveti tato dvijaiḥ

juhuyādvyañjanakṣāravarjyamannaṃ yathāvidhi /
agnaye kavyavāhāya svaheti prathamāhutiḥ

somāya vai pitṛmate svāhetyanyā tathā bhavet /
yamāya pretapataye svāheti tritayāhutiḥ

hutāvaśiṣṭaṃ dadyācca bhājaneṣu dvijanmanām /
bhājanālambhanaṃ kṛtvā dadyāccānnaṃ yathāvidhi

yathā sukhaṃ juṣadhvaṃ bho iti vācyamaniṣṭhuram /
bhuñjīraṃśca tataste 'pi taccittā mauninaḥ sukham

yadyadiṣṭacatamaṃ teṣāṃ tattadannamasatvaram /
akrudhyaṃśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan

rakṣoghrāṃśca japenmantrāṃstilaiśca vikirenmahīm /
siddhārthakaiśca rakṣārthaṃ śrāddhaṃ hi pracuracchalam

pṛṣṭaistṛptaiśca tṛptāḥ stha tṛptāḥ sma iti vādibhiḥ /
anujñāto narastvannaṃ prakiret bhuvi sarvataḥ

tadvadācamanārthāya dadyādāpaḥ sakṛt sakṛt /
anujñāñca tataḥ prāpya yatavākkāyamānasaḥ

satilena tato 'nnena piṇḍān savyena putraka ! /
pitanuddiśya darbheṣu dadyāducchiṣṭasannidhau

pitṛtīrthena toyañca dadyāttebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ /
pitṝniddiśya yadbhaktyā yajamāno nṛpātmaja

tadvanmātāmahānāñca dattvā piṇḍān yathāvidhi /
gandhamālyādisaṃyuktaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ

dattvā ca takṣiṇāṃ śaktyā susvadhāstviti tān vadet /
taiśca tuṣṭaistathetyuktvā vācayedvaiśvadevikān

prīyantāmiti bhadraṃ vo viśvedevā itīrayen /
tatheti cokte tairvipraiḥ prārthanīyāstadāśiṣaḥ

visarjayet priyāṇyuktvā praṇipatya ca bhaktitaḥ /
ādvāramanugaccheccāgaccheccānupramoditaḥ

tato nityakriyāṃ kuryād bhojayecca tathātithīn /
nityakriyāṃ pitṝṇāñca kecidicchanti sattamāḥ

na pitṝṇāntathaivānye śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret /
pṛthak pākena netyanye kecit pūrvañca pūrvavat

tatastadannaṃ bhuñjīta saha bhṛtyādibhirnaraḥ /
evaṃ kurvota dharmajñaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitryaṃ samāhitaḥ

yathā vā dvijamukhyānāṃ paritoṣo 'bhijāyate /
trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraṃ kutapastilāḥ

varjyāni cāhurviprendra ! kopo 'dhvagamanaṃ tvarā /
rājatañca tathā pātraṃ śastaṃ śrāddheṣu putraka !

rajatasya tathā kāryaṃ darśanaṃ dānameva vā /
rājate hi svadhā dugdhā pitṛbhiḥ śrūyate mahī /
tasmāt pitṝṇāṃ rajatamabhīṣṭaṃ prītivardhanam