Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 95
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
शूर्पवातघटाम्भोभिः स्त्रानं वस्त्राम्बुविप्रुषैः ।
नखाग्रसलिलैश्चैव तान् याहि हतलक्षणान् ॥
śūrpavātaghaṭāmbhobhiḥ strānaṃ vastrāmbuvipruṣaiḥ /
nakhāgrasalilaiś caiva tān yāhi hatalakṣaṇān
जो लोग सूप-धोवन का जल, हवा से उड़कर आया मलिन जल, घड़े का बचा जल, स्नान का जल, धुले वस्त्रों की बूँदें और नखों के अग्रभाग का जल—इनसे अपवित्रता फैलाते/उपेक्षा करते हैं, उन नष्टभाग्य लोगों के पास जाओ।
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FAQs
The verse links physical negligence with moral/ritual vulnerability. Care for cleanliness is treated as a dharmic safeguard, not merely a practical habit.
Ancillary dharma guidance; outside pancalakṣaṇa.
Bodily remnants and used waters represent ‘apavitra’ residues of prāṇa. The Yakṣa is directed toward those whose protective ‘lakṣaṇa’ (auspicious field) has been weakened by habitual disorder.