Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 91
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
मुषलो लूखले यत्र पादुके वासने स्त्रियः ।
शूर्पदात्रादिकं यत्र पदाकृष्य तथासनम् ॥
muṣalo lūkhale yatra pāduke vāsane striyaḥ / śūrpa-dātrādikaṃ yatra padākṛṣya tathāsanam
য’ত উলুখল-মুষল, পাদুকা, নাৰীৰ বস্ত্ৰ লঙ্ঘন বা অপমান কৰা হয়; য’ত শূৰ্প, দাত্ৰ/হাঁচুৱা আদি আৰু আসনো পায়ে টানি নিয়া হয়—সেই ঠাইতে সেই আচ্ছাদনকাৰী শক্তিয়ে সুযোগ পায়।
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FAQs
Everyday disrespect—especially using the foot to drag or transgress over objects—signals negligence and cultivates tamasic habits; dharma is maintained through carefulness in small acts.
Ācāra (codes of conduct) and gṛhastha-niyama, not pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘foot’ represents the lowest/most worldly instrument; using it to handle tools, garments, and seats symbolizes inversion of order—an inner state where lower impulses govern.