Markandeyapurana 30.2

30.2

pañcayajñāśritaṃ nityaṃ yadetat kathitaṃ tava /
naimittikaṃ tathaivānyat putrajanmakriyādikam //

“The continual are comprised in the five sacrifices,[1] these that I have described to thee: and the occasional are the others, such as the ceremony on the birth of a son, and so forth. The periodical[2] are recognisable by the learned as the sacrifices at the moon’s changes, the śrāddha and others.