Markandeya Purana

भ्रश्यन्त्याभिः प्रविष्टाभिः पुरुषार्थात् पृथङ्नराः । तासां प्रवेशश्च गृहे संध्यारक्ते ह्यथाम्बरे॥५१.

Men, entered by them, fall away from their goals. Their entry into the house occurs when the sky is red at dusk.

धाताविधात्रोश्च बलिर्यत्र काले न दीयते । भुञ्जतां पिबतां वापि सङ्गिभिर्जलविप्रुषैः॥५१.

Where offerings to Dhātā and Vidhātṛ are not given at the proper time, while eating or drinking with companions, with drops of water—

नवनारीषु संक्रान्तिस्तासामाश्वभिजायते । विरोधिन्यास्त्रयः पुत्राश्चोदको ग्राहकस्तथा॥५१.

Among nine women, their transmission occurs, and offspring are quickly born. Of the hostile ones, three sons: the water-taker and likewise the receiver.

तमः प्रच्छादकश्चान्यस्तत्स्वरूपं शृणुष्व मे । प्रदीपदैलसंसर्गदूषिते लङ्घिते खले॥५१.

Another is the darkness-coverer; listen to its nature from me. When polluted by contact with lamp oil, or when the threshing floor is crossed—

मुषलोलूखले यत्र पादुके वासने स्त्रियः । शूर्पदात्रादिकं यत्र पदाकृष्य तथासनम्॥५१.

Where there are pestle and mortar, footwear, garments of women, winnowing baskets and similar items, or where a seat is dragged by the foot—

यत्रोपलिप्तञ्चानर्च्य विहारः क्रियते गृहे। दर्वोमुखेन यत्राग्निराहृतोऽन्यत्र नीयते॥५१.

Where, having neglected worship, people engage in leisure within the house, and where fire is brought facing south and then carried elsewhere—

विरोधिनीसुतास्तत्र विजृम्भन्ते प्रचोदिताः । एको जिह्वागतः पुंसां स्त्रीणाञ्चालीकसत्यवान्॥५१.

There, the daughters of hostility, incited, become active; one, dwelling on the tongue of men and women, is a liar who speaks falsehood.

चोदको नाम स प्रोक्तः पैशुन्यं कुरुते गृहे । अवधानगतश्चान्यः श्रवणस्थोऽतिदुर्मतिः॥५१.

She is called the Instigator, who causes slander in the house; another, who listens inattentively, is exceedingly wicked.

करोति ग्रहणन्तेषां वचसां ग्राहकस्तु सः । आक्रम्यान्यो मनो नॄणां तमसाच्छाद्य दुर्मतिः॥५१.

One of them seizes upon the words spoken and acts as the receiver; another, overtaking the minds of people, covers them with darkness and is evil-minded.

क्रोधं जनयते यस्तु तमः प्रच्छादकस्तु सः । स्वयंहार्यास्तु चौर्येण जनितन्तनयत्रयम्॥५१.

The one who gives rise to anger is the concealer with darkness; and there are three daughters born of theft, who take for themselves.

सर्वहार्यर्धहारी च वीर्यहारी तथैव च । अनाचान्तगृहेष्वेते मन्दाचारगृहेषु च॥५१.

One who takes everything, one who takes half, and one who takes strength—these dwell in houses lacking proper conduct and in homes of bad behavior.

अप्रक्षालितपादेषु प्रविशत्सु महानसम् । खलेषु गोष्ठेषु च वै द्रोहो येषु गृहेषु वै॥५१.

When people with unwashed feet enter the kitchen, or when there are wicked ones in the assembly, or in those houses where betrayal occurs—

तेषु सर्वे यथान्यायं विहरन्ति रमन्ति च । भ्रामण्यास्तनयस्त्वेकः काकजङ्घ इति स्मृतः॥५१.

In all those places, they freely move and take pleasure as they wish; but the son of Wandering, known as Kākajaṅgha, is unique.

तेनाविष्टो रतिं सर्वो नैव प्राप्नोति वै पुरे । भुञ्जन् यो गायते मैत्रे गायते हसते च यः॥५१.

When possessed by him, no one in the city attains enjoyment; he who sings while eating, or sings and laughs, O friend—

सन्ध्यामैथुनिनञ्चैव नरमाविशति द्विज । कन्यात्रयं प्रसूता सा या कन्या ऋतुहारिणी॥५१.

The man who engages in intercourse at twilight is entered by him, O twice-born; and she who menstruates gives birth to three daughters.

एका कुचहरा कन्या अन्या व्यञ्जनहारिका । तृतीया तु समाख्याता कन्यका जातहारिणी॥५१.

One daughter is called the breast-taker, another the ornament-taker, and the third is known as the birth-taker.

यस्या न क्रियते सर्वः सम्यग् वैवाहिको विधिः । कालातीतोऽथवा तस्या हरत्येका कुचद्वयम्॥५१.

If the full marriage rites are not properly performed for her, or if they are delayed, one of them takes away both her breasts.

सम्यक् श्राद्धमदत्त्वा च तथानर्च्य च मातरम् । विवाहितायाः कन्याया हरति व्यञ्जनं तथा॥५१.

If the proper śrāddha is not offered, or if the mother is not worshipped, the ornament is taken from the married maiden.

अग्न्यम्बुशून्ये च तथा विधूपे सूतिकागृहे । अदीपशस्त्रमुसले भूतिसर्षपवर्जिते॥५१.

In a lying-in chamber devoid of fire, water, or incense, without a lamp, weapon, pestle, or mustard seeds—

अनुप्रविश्य सा जातमपहृत्यात्मसम्भवम् । क्षणप्रसविनी बालं तत्रैवोत्सृजते द्विज॥५१.

She enters, takes away the newborn, her own offspring, and the one who gives birth quickly abandons the child right there, O twice-born.

सा जातहारिणी नाम सुघोरा पिशिताशना । तस्मात् संरक्षणं कार्यं यत्नतः सूतिकागृहे॥५१.

She is called the birth-taker, fierce and flesh-eating; therefore, protection must be diligently ensured in the lying-in chamber.

स्मृतिञ्चाप्रयतानाञ्च शून्यागारनिषेवणात् । अपहन्ति सुतस्तस्याः प्रचण्डो नाम नामतः॥५१.

Due to the neglect of memory and the dwelling in empty houses, her son, known as Pracaṇḍa, destroys.

पौत्रेभ्यस्तस्य संभूता लीकाः शतसहस्रशः । चण्डालयोनयश्चाष्टौ दण्डपाशातिभीषणाः॥५१.

From her grandsons are born hundreds of thousands of Līkās, and eight castes of outcastes, terrifying with staff and noose.

क्षुधाविष्टास्ततो लीकास्ताश्च चण्डालयोनयः । अभ्यधावन्त चान्योन्यमत्तुकामाः परस्परम्॥५१.

Then, seized by hunger, those lice of the outcaste lineage rushed at one another, each desiring to devour the other.

प्रचण्डो वारियित्वा तु तास्ताश्चण्डालयोनयः । समये स्थापयामास यादृशे तादृशं शृणु॥५१.

But Pracanda restrained those lice of the outcaste lineage and established a rule among them; listen to what that rule was.

अद्यप्रभृति लीकानामावासं यो हि दास्यति । दण्डं तस्याहमतुलं पातयिष्ये न संशयः॥५१.

From this day forward, whoever gives shelter to lice, I will inflict upon him a severe punishment—of this there is no doubt.

चण्डालयोन्योऽवसथे लीका या प्रसविष्यति । तस्याश्च सन्तिः पूर्वा सा च सद्यो नशिष्यति॥५१.

If lice of the outcaste lineage give birth in a dwelling, the previous infestation will be destroyed at once.

प्रसूते कन्यके द्वे तु स्त्रीपुंसोर्बोजहारिणी । वातरूपामरूपाञ्च तस्याः प्रहरणन्तु ते॥५१.

She gives birth to two daughters, one who steals the vigor of men and women, one with the form of wind and one formless; these are her weapons.

वातरूपा निषेकान्ते सा यस्मै क्षिपते सुतम् । स पुमान् वातशुक्रत्वं प्रयाति वनितापि वा॥५१.

At the end of conception, the wind-formed one, to whomever she casts her offspring, that man becomes possessed by wind-semen, and so too does the woman.