Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 104
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
सम्यक् श्राद्धमदत्त्वा च तथानर्च्य च मातरम् ।
विवाहितायाः कन्यायाः हरति व्यञ्जनं तथा ॥
samyak śrāddham adattvā ca tathānarcya ca mātaram / vivāhitāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ harati vyañjanaṃ tathā
மேலும் யார் முறையாக ஸ்ராத்த தானம் செய்யவில்லையோ, அதுபோல தாயை வழிபடவில்லையோ—திருமணமான கன்னியின் விஷயத்தில் அவளுடைய அலங்காரம்/அழகுச் சின்னத்தை அதுவும் பறித்துக்கொள்கிறது।
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FAQs
The verse links personal well-being to gratitude and duty: honoring ancestors (śrāddha) and the living source of one’s body (mother) sustains auspiciousness. Neglect is portrayed as diminishing prosperity/beauty—socially reinforcing intergenerational reciprocity.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra instruction; not directly Sarga/Pratisarga/Vaṃśa/Manvantara/Vaṃśānucarita.
‘Adornment/mark’ can be read as external radiance arising from inner harmony with Pitṛ and Mātṛ debts (ṛṇa). When those ṛṇas are ignored, the text encodes a loss of tejas/śrī.