Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 78
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
सरीसृपाणि चाऽन्यानि पुरीषमथवा पुनः ।
षण्मासान् गुर्विणीं मांसमश्नुवानामसंयताम् ॥
sarīsṛpāṇi cānyāni purīṣam athavā punaḥ | ṣaṇmāsān gurviṇīṃ māṃsam aśnuvānām asaṃyatām ||
اور دوسرے رینگنے والے جاندار—بلکہ پاخانہ تک—ظاہر ہو سکتا ہے۔ یہ بات اس عورت کے بارے میں کہی گئی ہے جو چھ ماہ کی حاملہ ہو کر گوشت کھائے اور بے ضبط رہے۔
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FAQs
The text promotes self-control and regulated diet during pregnancy, presenting extreme negative outcomes as admonitory. The ethical emphasis is on restraint (saṃyama) and responsibility toward new life.
Ācāra/dharma material; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
‘Creeping creatures’ and ‘impurity’ imagery can signify the subtle ‘contamination’ of mind and body when cravings dominate; pregnancy here becomes a metaphor for the gestation of karmic results.