Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 69
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
यत्रासनस्थास्तिष्ठत्सु गुरु-वृद्ध-द्विजातिषु ।
न तिष्ठन्ति गृहं तच्च वर्ज्यं यक्ष ! त्वया सदा ॥
yatrāsanasthās tiṣṭhatsu guru-vṛddha-dvijātiṣu | na tiṣṭhanti gṛhaṃ tac ca varjyaṃ yakṣa! tvayā sadā ||
Hỡi Yakṣa, hãy luôn tránh ngôi nhà nơi người ta vẫn ngồi khi thầy, bậc trưởng thượng và khách “nhị sinh” còn đang đứng, tức là không được tôn kính.
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FAQs
Disrespect to gurus, elders, and worthy guests is treated as adharma that degrades a household’s moral field; such a place is congenial to harmful forces and thus singled out as 'avoidable' for the Yakṣa.
Dharma-anuśāsana (ethical instruction) rather than cosmological or genealogical material.
Rising to honor the worthy symbolizes the ego’s 'standing down'; failure to do so indicates tamas/pramāda, opening the household to disorder.