Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 8, Shloka 135
Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala
पापिष्ठमशुभं कर्म कुरु त्वं पापकाकरक ।
हरिश्चन्द्रः पुरा राजा विश्वामित्रेण पुक्कसः ॥
pāpiṣṭham aśubhaṃ karma kuru tvaṃ pāpakāraka |
hariścandraḥ purā rājā viśvāmitreṇa pukkasaḥ ||
“你在行最罪恶、最不祥之事啊，作恶者！久远以前，哈利施旃陀罗王曾被毗湿瓦密多罗贬为普迦迦萨（pukkasa）。”
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FAQs
Adharma is not merely private wrongdoing; it can precipitate loss of dignity, status, and wellbeing. The text reinforces that arrogance toward the righteous invites consequences as severe as social ruin and suffering.
Not a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit; it is didactic narrative (vaṃśānucarita-like exemplum) used to ground dharma teaching in remembered tradition.
‘Becoming pukkasa’ can be read as the soul’s fall into tamasic identity when truth and humility are abandoned—an inward exile mirrored outwardly as degradation.