Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 109
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
पौत्रेभ्यस्तस्य संभूता लीकाः शतसहस्रशः ।
चण्डालयोनयश्चाष्टौ दण्डपाशातिभीषणाः ॥
pautrebhyas tasya saṃbhūtā līkāḥ śata-sahasraśaḥ / caṇḍāla-yonayaś cāṣṭau daṇḍa-pāśāti-bhīṣaṇāḥ
அவனுடைய பேரர்களிடமிருந்து இலட்சக்கணக்கான பேன்கள் தோன்றின; மேலும் சாண்டாள யோனியில் பிறந்த எட்டு உயிர்கள், தண்டமும் பாசமும் ஏந்தி, மிகுந்த பயங்கரமாயின.
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FAQs
The text uses genealogical causation to map disorder: negligence begets affliction, which proliferates into social and bodily harms (pests, frightening enforcers). It functions as a cautionary cosmology.
Closest to a micro-vaṃśa (genealogical) motif, but not a royal lineage; overall it remains ancillary dharma/etiological material rather than formal Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita.
Lice symbolize subtle, multiplying impurities; ‘staff and noose’ symbolize coercive consequences (karma’s restraint) that arise when order is not maintained.