Matsya Purana 235: adhyāyaḥ 235

235.1

śāntividhānavarṇanam.

Garga said :—The bringing forth of children by women at unusual periods, their giving birth to twins the birth of other beings from human fœtus the birth of mouthless offspring as well as of those having more than ordinary limbs, or of the lower beings, birds, scorpions, snakes mean the destruction of that country and family in which such birth, takes place.—1-3.

235.2

garga uvāca.
akālaprasavā nāryaḥ kālātīta prajāstathā.
vikṛtaprasavāścaiva yugma saṃprasavāstathā .. 235.1 ..

235.3

amānuṣā hyatuṇḍāṃśca sañjāta vyasanāstathā.
hīnāṅgā adhikāṅgāśca jāyante yadi vā striyaḥ .. 235.2 ..

235.4

paśvaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva tathaiva ca sarīsṛpāḥ.
vināśantasya deśasya kulasya ca vinirdiśet .. 235.3 ..

235.5

vivāsayettānnṛpatiḥ svarāṣṭrāt striyaśca pūjyāśca tato dvijendrāḥ!.
kasyecchakaiḥ brāhmaṇatarpaṇañca loke tataḥ śāntimupaiti pāpam .. 35.4 ..

The women giving birth to such progeny should be sent out of the country by the sovereign and he should then adore the women and the Brâhmaṇas are to be fed satisfactorily.—4