Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
कृष्णाष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्याममायां च यदा सितः । उदयास्तमनं याति तदा जलमयी मही ॥ ७० ॥
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ caturdaśyāmamāyāṃ ca yadā sitaḥ | udayāstamanaṃ yāti tadā jalamayī mahī || 70 ||
Lorsque, à Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī, au quatorzième jour lunaire et dans la nuit d’Amāvāsyā (nouvelle lune), « le Blanc » (sitaḥ) parvient à son lever et à son coucher, alors la terre devient comme faite d’eau.
Narada (teaching in the Moksha-Dharma context, in dialogue tradition with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It highlights the sacred potency of specific lunar tithis—Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, and Amāvāsyā—indicating that time itself becomes spiritually charged, making the world feel ‘water-like’ (fluid, unstable, or inundated) and thus calling for restraint, purity, and observance.
By emphasizing holy timings, it supports bhakti practice through disciplined observance—choosing potent tithis for worship, fasting, japa, and remembrance—so devotion is aligned with sacred kāla (time) as taught in Purāṇic vrata-dharma.
It points to Jyotiṣa/Vedic calendrics: identifying tithis (Aṣṭamī, Caturdaśī, Amāvāsyā) and observing the moon’s udaya–astamana (rise–set) as practical markers for ritual timing and vrata observance.