Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 35, Shloka 49
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
जाते पुत्रे पितुः स्नानं सचेलन्तु विधीयते ।
तत्रापि यदि चान्यस्मिन जातॆ जायेत चापरः ॥
jāte putre pituḥ snānaṃ sacelantu vidhīyate | tatrāpi yadi cānyasmin jāte jāyeta cāparaḥ ||
当生一子时，父亲被教令须沐浴，即使衣服仍着于身亦然。并且在此语境中，若一人既生而又复有一人再生（即出生相继发生）……
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FAQs
Even joyful transitions require ritual ordering; the father’s bath marks immediate acknowledgment of a changed household state and readiness to follow prescribed observances.
Ācāra/dharma instruction connected to household life, not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative.
Snāna functions as a rite of reset: it ritually ‘recalibrates’ the father’s status at the moment lineage continuity manifests, preparing the household for the sūtaka framework.