Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 80
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
स्त्रीजन्मपरिहारार्थं पञ्चमीमपि वर्जयेत् ।
ततः षष्ठ्यां व्रजेन्नात्र्याṃ श्रेष्ठा युगमासु पुत्रक ॥
strījanmaparihārārthaṃ pañcamīm api varjayet / tataḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vrajed rātryāṃ śreṣṭhā yugamāsu putraka
यहाँ बताए अनुसार कन्या-जनन से बचने की इच्छा से पाँचवीं रात्रि भी छोड़ दे। फिर छठी रात्रि में संग करे; सम (जोड़) रात्रियों में वही श्रेष्ठ कही गई हैं, प्रिय बालक।
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FAQs
The passage reflects a traditional belief that timing of conception influences the child’s sex; ethically, it shows how purāṇic gṛhastha-dharma often mixes moral instruction with period medical/ritual theories.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is social/ritual instruction (ācāra).
Even if read symbolically, ‘even nights’ can indicate harmony/regularity; the deeper thrust is regulation of desire through calendrical discipline.