Shloka 2

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

तयोरपत्यान्यभवने जगद्व्यापीनि षोडश ।

अष्टौ कुमाराः कन्याश्च तथाष्टावतिभीषणाः ॥

Transliteration

tayor apatyāny abhavane jagadvyāpīni ṣoḍaśa / aṣṭau kumārāḥ kanyāś ca tathāṣṭāvatibhīṣaṇāḥ

Translation

ومن هذين وُلد ستةَ عشرَ نسلًا يجوبون ويعمّون العالم في تجوالهم: ثمانيةٌ كانوا «كومارا» (مُؤذِيَةً للصبيان)، وكذلك ثمانيةٌ «كانيا» (نظائرَ إناثًا) بالغةَ الرهبة.

Speakers

• Narrative instruction within the Markandeya Purana dialogue framework (exact named speakers not provided in the input excerpt)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Protective rites (śānti)
• Folk cosmology of grahas/afflictors
• Child-protection traditions