Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 35, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
तत्रापि शुद्धिरुद्दिष्टा पूर्वजन्मवतो दिनैः ।
दशद्वादशमासार्ध-माससङ्ख्यैर्दिनैर्गतैः ॥
tatrāpi śuddhir uddiṣṭā pūrvajanmavato dinaiḥ /
daśadvādaśamāsārdha-māsasaṃkhyair dinair gataiḥ
Even in that case, the period of purification (śuddhi) is prescribed in accordance with the days that have passed—reckoned by counts of ten or twelve months, and also by half‑month and month measures as the days elapse.
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FAQs
Dharma is not merely intention; it is also precision in observance. The verse emphasizes that purification is time-bound and rule-governed, encouraging disciplined conformity to śāstric measures of time.
This passage is primarily ācāra/dharma-śāstra material rather than pañcalakṣaṇa narrative. It relates secondarily to “vaṃśānucarita” only insofar as it appears inside a didactic-legend frame, but its direct function is prescriptive conduct.
Purification periods symbolize the gradual re-stabilization of sattva after disruption (death-impurity/ritual disturbance). The calendrical counting mirrors the idea that inner clarity is restored through measured, repeated restraint.