Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 11
Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning
समावर्तिनवैवाहप्रतिष्टासद्मलक्षणम् । यात्राप्रवेशनं सद्योवृष्टिः कर्मविलक्षणम् ॥ ११ ॥
samāvartinavaivāhapratiṣṭāsadmalakṣaṇam | yātrāpraveśanaṃ sadyovṛṣṭiḥ karmavilakṣaṇam || 11 ||
സമാവർത്തനം, വിവാഹം, പ്രതിഷ്ഠ, ഗൃഹലക്ഷണം—ഇവയുടെ നിമിത്തങ്ങൾ; യാത്രയും പ്രവേശവും സംബന്ധിച്ചവയും; ഉടൻ പെയ്യുന്ന മഴയും—ഇവ കർമബന്ധിതമായ പ്രത്യേക ലക്ഷണങ്ങളാണ്।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames everyday rites—graduation from studentship, marriage, consecration, house-related ceremonies, travel, and entry—within a dharmic lens where observable signs (lakṣaṇas) guide right timing and right action.
While not directly teaching bhakti practices, it supports a bhakti-aligned life by emphasizing orderly, auspicious performance of karmas—especially consecration (pratiṣṭhā)—which traditionally centers worship and remembrance of the deity.
It points to śakuna/nimitta reasoning and timing of rites—closely associated with Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology) and ritual procedure—using events like immediate rainfall as interpretive indicators.