Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 15, Shloka 80
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
एवमेतॆ समाख्याता नरका द्विजसत्तम ।
येन येन च पापेन यां यां योनिमुपैति वै ॥
evam ete samākhyātā narakā dvijasattama | yena yena ca pāpena yāṃ yāṃ yonim upaiti vai ||
Vì vậy, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng Nhị-sinh, các địa ngục ấy đã được mô tả—và quả thật, tội nào dẫn người ta đến thai nào (hình thức tái sinh nào) cũng đã được nêu rõ.
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FAQs
Purāṇic pedagogy often uses detailed ‘maps’ of consequence: actions are not abstract but lead to specific experiential results—either in naraka or in constrained rebirths—encouraging ethical restraint and restitution.
Ancillary dharma teaching; not one of the five marks strictly, but commonly integrated into Purāṇas to operationalize dharma across social life.
‘Yoni’ signifies the psychic habitat matching one’s dominant tendencies; the cosmos mirrors inner disposition, so rebirth becomes a symbolic exteriorization of one’s moral psychology.