Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 87
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
मुसलो लूखले स्त्रीणामास्या तद्वदुदुम्बरे ।
अवस्करे मन्त्रणञ्च यक्षैतदुपकृत् तव ॥
musalo lūkhale strīṇām āsyā tadvad udumbare | avaskare mantraṇaṃ ca yakṣaitad upakṛt tava ||
स्त्रियों का मुसल-ओखली (अशुद्ध पड़ा हुआ), तथा उदुम्बर वृक्ष पर लगी मलिनता; कूड़े-करकट के बीच गुप्त सलाह/फुसफुसाहट—हे यक्ष, यही तेरा आधार (उपजीव्य) है।
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Unclean domestic spaces and degrading social behaviors (like secretive whispering around refuse—symbolic of low conduct) are presented as conditions that nourish misfortune.
Ancillary dharma-ācāra material.
Refuse symbolizes saṃskāra-waste (unprocessed negativity). ‘Mantraṇa amid refuse’ points to intentions formed in impurity—choices made from tamas—strengthening inauspicious currents.