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Markandeyapurana 29.15

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 29.15

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Sanskrit

29.15

tasmāt strātaḥ śucirbhūtvā devarṣipitṛtarpaṇam /
prajāpatestathaivādibhaḥ kāle kuryāt samāhitaḥ //

“Therefore, my son, a man must nourish the gods, ṛṣis, and pitṛs and men and living things daily, even as his own body. Therefore having bathed and become clean he should, composed in mind, delight the gods, ṛṣis and pitṛs, and the prajāpati also with water at the proper time. And a man[7] having worshipped the gods with the fragrant flowers of the great-flowered jasmine, should next delight Agni; and the bali offering should also be made. Let him cast the bali offering to Brahmā and the Viśvadevas inside the house, and to Dhanvantari to the north-east; let him offer the bali eastward to Indra, southwards to Tama., and the hali westwards to Varuṇa, and northwards to Soma. And let him also give the hali to Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ at the house-door, and let him give it to Aryaman outside and all around the houses. Let him offer the bali to night-walking goblins in the air, and let him scatter it to the pitṛs, standing with his face southward. Then the gṛhastha, being intent and having his mind well composed, should take the water and cast it, as a wise man, into those places for those several deities, that they may rinse out their mouths.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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