Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 123
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
पितरश्च ततो विश्वे शशींद्रा ग्न्यश्विनो भगः । तथा युगस्य वर्षेशास्त्वग्निनेंदुविधीश्वराः ॥ १२३ ॥
pitaraśca tato viśve śaśīṃdrā gnyaśvino bhagaḥ | tathā yugasya varṣeśāstvagnineṃduvidhīśvarāḥ || 123 ||
Then come the Pitṛs and the Viśvedevas; also Soma and Indra, Agni, the twin Aśvins, and Bhaga. Likewise, the presiding lords of the yugas and of the years are Agni, the Moon, and Vidhīśvara, the sovereign Ordainer.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the cosmos as a dharmic order: ancestral forces (Pitṛs), universal deities (Viśvedevas), and key Vedic gods preside over time-units like yugas and years, reminding the seeker that liberation is pursued within a divinely governed moral-time structure.
By listing the presiding powers behind ritual and time, it implicitly directs devotion beyond many functions to the One who ordains them (Vidhīśvara), encouraging bhakti as reverence for the divine governance that sustains all cycles.
It points to kāla-vicāra (time-reckoning) used in ritual scheduling—an applied bridge to Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology/astronomy), where yugas, years, and their adhidevatās guide auspicious timing and sacrificial contexts.