Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 105
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
अग्न्यम्बुशून्ये च तथा विधूपे सूतिकागृहे ।
अदीपशस्त्रमुसले भूतिसर्षपवर्जिते ॥
agny-ambu-śūnye ca tathā vidhūpe sūtikāgṛhe / adīpa-śastra-musale bhūti-sarṣapa-varjite
जिस सूतिका-गृह (प्रसव-कक्ष) में न अग्नि हो, न जल; न धूप/धुआँ हो, न दीपक; न शस्त्र हों और न मूसल; तथा जहाँ भस्म और सरसों भी न हों—
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FAQs
Care for mother and newborn is a dharmic obligation. The text encodes a practical protective protocol—light, warmth, cleanliness, fumigation, and vigilance—expressed through the idiom of warding off malevolent forces.
Ācāra/Dharma material; outside the five-fold pancalakṣaṇa core.
Fire/light symbolize consciousness and protection; mustard/ash and fumigation symbolize purification boundaries. The ‘empty room’ becomes a metaphor for unguarded liminality where disorder can enter.