Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 34

Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions

Sanskrit

उच्छेषणं मनुष्याणां हरत्यन्नञ्च दुर्हरा ।

कर्मान्तागारशालाभ्यः सिद्धर्धि हरति द्विज ॥

Transliteration

uccheṣaṇaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ haraty annaṃ ca durharā | karmāntāgāra-śālābhyaḥ siddhṛddhi harati dvija ||

Translation

她难以驱逐，携走众人的残羹与食粮；又从工棚与作坊中夺去既成之成功与增益，噢二次生者。

Word by Word

• उच्छेषणम्: leftovers/remnants
• उच्छेषणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मनुष्याणाम्: of men/people
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• हरति: takes away/steals
• हरति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• दुर्हरा: hard to restrain (she)
• दुर्हरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + हरा (प्रातिपदिक; from √हृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: दुष्टतया हरा/दुर्निवार्या (hard to resist/very thievish)

• कर्मान्तागारशालाभ्यः: from workshops/places of work, houses and halls
• कर्मान्तागारशालाभ्यः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आगार (प्रातिपदिक) + शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर): कर्मान्त-आगार-शालाभ्यः (from workshops, houses, and halls)

• सिद्धर्धि: accomplishment and prosperity
• सिद्धर्धि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व; collective singular)

• हरति: takes away
• हरति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Didactic narration addressing a ‘dvija’

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Occupational well-being
• Ritual protection
• Auspiciousness vs. loss

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text links disorder in handling remnants and food with broader loss of ‘siddhi’ in one’s work—an ethical push toward cleanliness, respect for food, and disciplined completion of tasks.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ancillary Dharma material (protective/ritual conduct), not pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Siddhṛddhi’ being ‘stolen’ suggests that success is fragile when foundational purity and order are neglected; symbolically, entropy and distraction erode the fruits of effort.