Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
मूढे किमेवं मत्तासि धिक्ते दौः शील्यमीदृशम् । आधानकालो येनायं त्वया मे विफलीकृतः ॥
mūḍhe kim evaṃ mattāsi dhik te dauḥśīlyam īdṛśam / ādhānakālo yenāyaṃ tvayā me viphalīkṛtaḥ
“Hangal na dalaga—bakit ka ganyan kapusok at mapagpabaya? Nakakahiya ang gayong masamang asal! Sa gawa mong ito, ginawa mong walang saysay ang panahon ko para sa paglilihi.”
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FAQs
The rebuke frames the wrongdoing not merely as ‘violence’ but as sabotage of generative order; Purāṇic dharma frequently treats obstruction of life and progeny as a serious fault.
Ethical instruction through narrative (dharma-upadeśa via upākhyāna), not a direct sarga/pratisarga account.
‘Ādhāna’ (conception) symbolizes creative potency; obstructing it represents obstructing dharma’s forward movement—hence the karmic reversal into a constrained, animal embodiment.