Shloka 386
ततो विलीनगर्भा सा मानुषी भुवि दृश्यते । जो गन्धर्वोकी माता है, वह गर्भिणी स्त्रीके गर्भभो लेकर चल देती है, जिससे उस मानवी स्त्रीका गर्भ विलीन हुआ देखा जाता है
tato vilīnagarbhā sā mānuṣī bhuvi dṛśyate |
Then that human woman is seen on the earth with her pregnancy dissolved—her womb emptied—indicating that her conception has been made to vanish by another’s intervention. In the narrative frame, this underscores the vulnerability of ordinary human life before beings of greater power, and it raises an ethical tension about the misuse of extraordinary abilities against the innocent.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary power can disrupt ordinary human life, implicitly warning that such power must be governed by dharma—especially regarding harm to the innocent and the sanctity of life.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a human woman who is observed with her pregnancy having vanished, implying that her womb-content has been made to disappear through an external (likely supernatural) act.