Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 62
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
इष्टापूर्तायुषां हन्त्री परदारगतिर् नृणाम् ।
न हीदृशमनायुष्यं लोके किञ्चन विद्यते ॥
iṣṭāpūrtāyuṣāṃ hantrī paradāragatir nṛṇām | na hīdṛśam anāyuṣyaṃ loke kiñcana vidyate ||
Para sa mga lalaki, ang paglapit sa asawa ng iba ay sumisira sa bisa ng mga handog at ng mga gawaing banal, at sumisira rin sa haba ng buhay. Sa mundong ito, wala nang higit na nakapipinsala sa mahabang buhay kaysa rito.
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FAQs
Ethics is not merely social: adultery is framed as a direct destroyer of puṇya and vitality, negating even accumulated religious and charitable merit.
Ancillary dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Violation of marital boundaries is treated as a rupture of dharmic ‘protective field’ (rakṣā); such rupture is said to drain āyuḥ/ojas, hence the emphasis on longevity loss.