Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 103
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
यस्यान न क्रियते सर्वः सम्यग् वैवाहिको विधिः ।
कालातीतोऽथवा तस्याः हरत्येका कुचद्वयम् ॥
yasyā na kriyate sarvaḥ samyag vaivāhiko vidhiḥ / kālātīto 'thavā tasyā haraty ekā kuca-dvayam
Đối với thiếu nữ mà nghi lễ hôn phối không được cử hành đầy đủ, đúng phép, hoặc được cử hành sau khi đã quá thời hạn thích đáng—một nữ quỷ gây tai ương sẽ cướp mất đôi vú của nàng.
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FAQs
The passage frames social-ritual order (saṃskāra) as protective: neglect or delay of prescribed rites is portrayed as inviting affliction. Ethically, it urges timely, complete performance of duties and communal responsibility for safeguarding vulnerable life-stages.
Primarily falls under Ācāra/Dharma instruction (not one of the core five). It is ancillary dharma material commonly embedded within Purāṇic narrative frameworks rather than Sarga/Pratisarga/Vaṃśa/Manvantara/Vaṃśānucarita.
The ‘theft’ of bodily markers of maturity symbolizes loss of śakti/wholeness when rites that integrate the individual into dharmic society are disrupted; it encodes anxiety about liminality and the need for ritual containment.