Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 70, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife
दौःशील्येनातिरौद्रेण पत्नी तस्य द्विजन्मनः ।
तेन सा संपरित्यक्ता तमाह जगतीपतिम् ॥
dauḥśīlyenātiraudreṇa patnī tasya dvijanmanaḥ |
tenā sā saṃparityaktā tam āha jagatī-patim ||
ਉਸ ਦ੍ਵਿਜ ਦੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਤਿ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਦੁਸ਼ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਸ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਗਈ; ਤਿਆਗੀ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਭੂਮਿਪਤੀ (ਰਾਜੇ) ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ।
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FAQs
Actions in domestic life carry heavy social consequences; the verse depicts abandonment as a response to sustained harmful conduct, and shows recourse to royal authority when household order breaks.
Dharma-oriented narrative illustration (upākhyāna).
Abandonment can symbolize the soul’s separation from harmony when dominated by raudra (violent) tendencies; appeal to the king symbolizes seeking higher discernment to arbitrate inner conflict.