Markandeyapurana 32.22
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 32.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
32.22
śvā caiva hanti śrāddhāni yātudhānāśca darśanāt /
tasmāt susaṃvṛto dadyāttilaiścāvakiranmahīm //
Men who disgrace their family or who injure their family by separating themselves from the śrāddha, naked men and criminals may destroy the ceremony to the pitṛs with their glance; a eunuch, and a man repudiated by his relations, a cock, and the village hog, and a dog, each ruins śrāddhas by his look, and so also do Rākṣasas.
Hence let a man offer the ceremony being well secluded, and scattering the ground with sesamum seed. Thus may safety be secured in the śrāddha even for both, my child.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation