Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
दुष्टं क्रुद्धार्तदत्तञ्च यक्ष तद्भागि तत्फलम् ।
यच्च पौनर्भवः किञ्चित् करोत्यमुष्मिकं क्रमम् ॥
duṣṭaṃ kruddhārta-dattañ ca yakṣa tad-bhāgī tat phalam |
yac ca paunarbhavaḥ kiñcit karoty āmuṣmikaṃ kramam ||
«Todo lo que es inicuo, todo lo que se da con ira o en aflicción—oh Yakṣa, recibes una parte de su fruto. Y todo lo que un “paunarbhava” realiza como rito orientado al otro mundo—(eso también se acumula para ti).»
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FAQs
The inner state (anger, distress, malice) contaminates the act and redirects its karmic yield; the text frames this as the Yakṣa obtaining a ‘share’ in such compromised merit.
Dharma/ācāra discourse embedded in purāṇic narration; not a cosmological or genealogical segment.
A ‘Yakṣa-share’ symbolizes that distorted intention creates openings for obstructive forces to feed on one’s acts, diminishing sattvic uplift.