Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 16
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
शुभाशुभं समाचष्टे कुशैस्तस्याङ्गताडनम् ।
काकादिपक्षिसंस्थो 'न्यः श्वादेरङ्गगतो 'पि वा ॥
śubhāśubhaṃ samācaṣṭe kuśais tasyāṅga-tāḍanam | kākādi-pakṣi-saṃstho 'nyaḥ śvāder aṅga-gato 'pi vā ||
कुशा घास से अपने शरीर पर प्रहार होना शुभ या अशुभ का सूचक है। एक और अपशकुन कौए आदि पक्षियों में होता है, तथा कुत्ते आदि का शरीर से स्पर्श होना भी (लक्षण) माना गया है।
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FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often integrates folk-omen systems into a moral framework: signs are prompts for caution, purification, or timely action—not excuses for fatalism.
Dharma/ācāra material (supplementary).
Kuśa is a purifier in Vedic rites; using it diagnostically implies that ritual purity and attentiveness can ‘read’ the subtle environment. Birds/animals symbolize instinctive nature reflecting unseen atmospheric (adhidaivika) shifts.