Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 90
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
मानुषास्थि गृहे यत्र दिवाराात्रं मृतस्थितिḥ ।
तत्र यक्ष ! tavāvāsas tathānyeṣāñca rakṣasām ॥
mānuṣāsthi gṛhe yatra divārātraṃ mṛtasthitiḥ /
tatra yakṣa! tavāvāsas tathānyeṣāñ ca rakṣasām
हे यक्ष! जिस घर में मनुष्यों की हड्डियाँ रखी जाती हैं और जहाँ दिन-रात शव पड़ा रहता है, वही तेरा निवास है और अन्य राक्षसों का भी वही निवासस्थान है।
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FAQs
The verse reinforces prompt, proper funerary handling and separation of death-impurity from domestic space. It warns that neglect of śauca invites destabilizing influences—socially (fear, disorder) and ritually (pollution).
Not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it is dharma-śikṣā embedded in narrative instruction.
‘Yakṣa/Rākṣasa dwelling’ symbolizes prāṇic stagnation around death and decay. The teaching encodes a boundary: the gṛha is for life, agni, and continuity; death is ritually transitioned via antyeṣṭi.