Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 76, Shloka 20
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
विक्रान्तोऽपि ततस्तस्य सुतस्यैव महीपतिः ।
कारयामास संस्कारान् राजन्यस्य भवन्ति ये ॥
vikrānto 'pi tatastasya sutasyaiva mahīpatiḥ / kārayāmāsa saṃskārān rājanyasya bhavanti ye
随后，毗克兰塔王确实把他视为亲子，为他举行了依刹帝利王族所规定的诸种人生礼仪（行持仪轨）。
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FAQs
Ritual correctness cannot substitute for factual discernment: even properly performed saṃskāras may be misapplied when truth is obscured. The passage also reflects the purāṇic concern with lineage and the social sacralization of birth through rites.
Dharma (ācāra) embedded in Ākhyāna: it references varṇa-appropriate saṃskāras, aligning with purāṇic instruction on social-religious order.
Saṃskāras shape identity; when imposed on a ‘substituted’ subject, they illustrate how conditioning can craft a persona irrespective of origin—raising the deeper question of what truly constitutes ‘self’ beyond social rites.