Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 58
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
स्वर्क्षैरशोभनैरजन्तोः सामान्यं इति भीतिदम् ।
ग्रहैर्भवति पीडोत्थमल्पायासमशोभनम् ॥
svarkṣairaśobhanairjantoḥ sāmānyamiti bhītidam / grahairbhavati pīḍotthamalpāyāsamaśobhanam
নিজের অশুভ নক্ষত্র থেকে মানুষের সাধারণ ভয় জন্মায়; কিন্তু গ্রহদোষ থেকে অল্প প্রচেষ্টাতেই অনিবার্যভাবে ক্লেশজনিত অশুভতা উপস্থিত হয়।
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FAQs
It distinguishes vague anxiety (general fear) from concrete hardship (pīḍā), implying that wise persons should diagnose the kind of suffering before prescribing remedies.
An applied-dharma adjunct: it guides human response to time and fate within the broader Purāṇic worldview, not a direct pancalakṣaṇa core.
Nakṣatra effects are presented as background temperament (sāmānya), while graha afflictions manifest as sharper karmic pressure—subtle vs gross layers of causality.