Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
शुभे द्रुततरं कार्यमिति प्राह प्रजापतिः ।
गण्डान्तेषु स्थितश्चान्यो मुहूर्तार्धं द्विजोत्तम ॥
śubhe drutataraṃ kāryam iti prāha prajāpatiḥ | gaṇḍānteṣu sthitaś cānyo muhūrtārdhaṃ dvijottama ||
প্রজাপতি বললেন—যখন লক্ষণ শুভ হয়, তখন কর্ম আরও দ্রুত সম্পন্ন করা উচিত। হে দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ! গণ্ডের প্রান্তে আরেকটি (দোষ/অবস্থা) অর্ধ-মুহূর্তকাল থাকে।
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FAQs
Auspicious opportunity should be met with prompt, decisive action; dharma is not only restraint but also timely performance of right action when conditions support it.
Ancillary ācāra/muhūrta guidance; not pancalakṣaṇa narrative.
‘Gaṇḍa’ as a knot/junction suggests liminal instability; half-muhūrta indicates that subtle conditions fluctuate. The teaching implies sensitivity to transitional states—externally (time) and internally (mind).