Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 22
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
कदाचित् स्वर्गमाप्नोति कदाचिन्निरयं नरः ।
नरकं चैव स्वर्गं च कदाचिच्च मृतो 'श्नुते ॥
kadācit svargam āpnoti kadācin nirayaṃ naraḥ | narakaṃ caiva svargaṃ ca kadācic ca mṛto 'śnute ||
কখনও মানুষ স্বর্গ লাভ করে, কখনও নরকে যায়; মৃত্যুর পর সে ভিন্ন ভিন্ন সময়ে নরক ও স্বর্গ—উভয়ই ভোগ করে।
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FAQs
Pleasure and punishment are both temporary stations governed by karma; therefore one should not treat heavenly reward as the final goal, but seek stable liberation through dharma and knowledge.
Ethical-karmic instruction—adjacent to Purāṇic dharma exposition rather than the five-lakṣaṇa historical/cosmic enumerations proper.
The alternation suggests polarity in experience (sukha/duḥkha) is intrinsic to saṃsāra; transcendence lies beyond both, in realization not conditioned by merit/demerit alone.