[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 50.78 # Markandeyapurana 50.78 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.78 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [50.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.78) śrutismṛtyavirodhena kṛtavṛttirgṛhe gṛhī / yatra tatra ca tatpatni tasyaivānugatātmikā // > “In whatever house the master of the house earns his livelihood without contravening śruti and smṛti, and where his wife is obedient to him from her very soul, and where the son shows reverence to his spiritual preceptor and the gods and his father, and where the wife shows reverence to her husband—whence should there be fear of misfortune in that house? When a house is smeared over in the evenings, and thoroughly sprinkled with water, and the bali of flowers is made in it, thou canst not gaze thereat, O goblin. The houses where the sun sees not the beds, and where fire and water are constantly kept, and where the lamps behold the sun, are places patronized by Lakṣmī. That house is not a resort for thee, where are kept a bull, sandal-wood perfume, a lute, a mirror, honey and ghee, and where copper vessels are used both for poisons and for the clarified butter of holy oblations. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 50.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.77) - [Next: 50.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.79) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.50.p25) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.50.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.78) · Pramāṇa