Markandeyapurana 14.2

14.2

yamakiṅkara uvāca
mahārāja ! yathāttha tvaṃ tathaitannātra saṃśayaḥ /
kintu svalpaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bhavatā smārayāmi tat //

Yama’s officer spoke:
“Mahārājā! it is even as thou hast said, undoubtedly. Nevertheless thou didst commit, Sir! a very trifling misdeed; I will recall it to thy mind. The wife whom thou hadst, a princess of Vidarbha, named Pīvarī,—her season of aptitude for sexual intercourse was formerly rendered barren by thee, who wast enamoured of the resplendent Kaikeyī; hence for the transgression in the matter of her season thou hast incurred, Sir! a deadful hell such as this. As the Fire expects the fall of the liquid butter at the time of the Homa oblation, even so does Brahmā expect the deposit of seed at the approved season. A righteous man who disregarding that season, may become absorbed in objects of desire, would still incur sin by reason of the debt due to his ancestors and would fall into hell. Such indeed was thy sin; naught else is found; come then! go, O king, to the enjoyment of thy meritorious acts.”