Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
तिष्ठत्यन्यकुमारस्तु तथास्त्त्वित्यसकृद्ब्रुवन् ।
शुभाशुभे नृणां युङ्क्ते तथोक्तिस्तच्च नान्यथा ॥
tiṣṭhaty anyakumārastu tathāsttv ity asakṛd bruvan / śubhāśubhe nṛṇāṃ yuṅkte tathoktis tacca nānyathā
ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ‘ਤਥਾਸਤੁ’ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਅਤੇ ਅਸ਼ੁਭ ਫਲ ਨਿਯਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਉਹੀ ਤਥੋਕਤੀ ਹੈ; ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਐਸਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
Speech is treated as causally potent: careless repetition and verbal assent can ‘bind’ outcomes; hence dharma emphasizes disciplined, truthful, and well-timed utterance.
A dharma/ācāra teaching about vāc and its effects, framed through mythic personification; not a pañcalakṣaṇa narrative.
‘Tathāstu’ symbolizes the sealing power of intention expressed as sound; the kumāra personifies the subtle mechanism by which words crystallize karma into experienced ‘śubha/āśubha’.