Markandeyapurana 15.12
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 15.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.12
pradharṣayitvā kāmātmā śūkaro jāyate naraḥ /
yajña-dāna-vivāhānāṃ vighrakartā bhavet kṛmiḥ //
“Let him who hinders sacrifice liberality and marriage become a worm.
“Moreover for improperly touching another’s wife he is born a horrible wolf. And the foolish sinner who violates his -brother’s wife becomes a dog, a jackal, a heron, a vulture, a snake, and a bird of prey,[12] by degrees. And the sinner, who has violated his friend’s wife, his guru’s wife, and the king’s wife, becomes a cock-cuckoo when released from hell. The man of lustful soul is born a hog.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation