'markandey puran' akar mean chhota hai. isake ek sau saiantis adhyayoan mean lagabhag nau hazar shlok haian. markandey rrishi dvara isake kathan se isaka nam 'markandey puran' p da. yah puran vastut: durga charitr evan durga saptashati ke varnan ke lie prasiddh hai. isilie ise shakt sampraday ka puran kaha jata hai. puran ke sabhi lakshanoan ko yah apane bhitar samete hue hai. isamean rrishi ne manav kalyan hetu sabhi tarah ke naitik, samajik adhyatmik aur bhautik vishayoan ka pratipadan kiya hai. is puran mean bharatavarsh ka vistrit svaroop usake prakritik vaibhav aur saundary ke sath prakat kiya gaya hai.
grihasth-dharm ki upayogita
is puran mean dhanoparjan ke upayoan ka varnan 'padmini vidya' dvara prastut hai. sath hi rashtrahit mean dhan-tyag ki prerana bhi di gee hai. ayurved ke siddhantoan ke anusar sharir-vijnan ka sundar vivechan bhi isamean hai. 'mantr vidya' ke prasang mean patni ko vash mean karane ke upay bhi batae ge haian. 'grihasth-dharm' ki upayogita, pitaroan aur atithiyoan ke prati karttavyoan ka nirvah, vivah ke niyamoan ka vivechan, svasth evan sabhy nagarik banane ke upay, sadachar ka mahattv, satsang ki mahima, karttavy parayanata, tyag tatha purusharth par vishesh mahattv is puran mean diya gaya hai.
sanbandhit lekh
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