Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 12
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
करोति सुहृदां दैन्यमहितानां तथा मुदम् ।
अकाले च जरां पित्रोः कुपुत्रः कुरुते ध्रुवम् ॥
karoti suhṛdāṃ dainyam ahitānāṃ tathā mudam /
akāle ca jarāṃ pitroḥ kuputraḥ kurute dhruvam
Ang masamang anak ay nagpapahirap sa mga kaibigan at nagpapasaya sa mga kaaway; at tiyak na dinadala niya sa kanyang mga magulang ang pagtanda nang wala sa panahon.
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FAQs
Adharma is socially contagious: it harms allies, empowers opponents, and consumes parental vitality—illustrating that private vice has public and intergenerational costs.
Didactic dharma section; not within the five purāṇic lakṣaṇas.
‘Akāla-jarā’ functions as a symbol of prāṇa-kṣaya (drain of life-force) caused by grief, shame, and continual anxiety produced by adharmic attachment.