Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 106
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
अनुप्रविश्य सा जातमपहृत्यात्मसम्भवम् ।
क्षणप्रसविनी बालं तत्रैवोत्सृजते द्विज ॥
anupraviśya sā jātam apahṛtyātma-sambhavam / kṣaṇa-prasavinī bālaṃ tatraivotsṛjate dvija
Habiendo entrado allí, se lleva al recién nacido—la propia prole de uno—y, oh dos veces nacido, esa que hace acontecer el parto en ese instante abandona al niño allí mismo.
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FAQs
Negligence in protection during liminal moments (birth) is condemned; the community must actively safeguard mother and child. The ‘stealing and abandoning’ imagery conveys sudden infant peril.
Ācāra/Dharma and rakṣā-vidhi; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘seizure’ of the newborn can symbolize prāṇa/tejas instability immediately after birth; protective boundaries (light, heat, ritual order) stabilize the transition into embodied life.