Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 69
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
एतेषामेव चैवोक्ता भूताḥ पापोपपादने ।
तस्माच्छ्येनादयो यस्य निलीयेयुः शिरस्यथ ॥
eteṣām eva caivoktā bhūtāḥ pāpopapādane | tasmāc chyenādayo yasya nilīyeyuḥ śirasy atha ||
សត្វទាំងនេះត្រូវបាននិយាយថា មានវត្តមាននៅទីដែលបាបកំពុងត្រូវបង្កើតឡើង។ ដូច្នេះ ប្រសិនបើសត្វឥន្ទ្រី និងសត្វដទៃទៀត មកចុះលើក្បាលរបស់នរណាម្នាក់ នោះ…
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FAQs
Adharma is not only an inner condition but is said to have external ‘signatures.’ The teaching encourages vigilance: when signs of ruin appear, one should respond with correction and purification rather than complacency.
Dharma/nīti instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa core segment, but a pragmatic layer commonly appended to purāṇic narratives.
The ‘head’ represents buddhi (discernment); ominous birds alighting there symbolizes the overshadowing of judgment by time, death, disease, and ruin.