Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
घोरा गतिर्हरित्वाष्ट्रवसुवारुणभेषु च । इंद्रा ग्निमित्रमार्तंडभेषु पापाह्वयागतिः ॥ ४७ ॥
ghorā gatirharitvāṣṭravasuvāruṇabheṣu ca | iṃdrā gnimitramārtaṃḍabheṣu pāpāhvayāgatiḥ || 47 ||
ഹരിത്, ത്വാഷ്ടൃ, വസു, വാരുണ എന്നീ രൂപനാമങ്ങളിൽ ഗതി ഘോരമെന്നു പറയുന്നു; ഇന്ദ്രാഗ്നി, മിത്ര, മാർത്തണ്ഡ രൂപങ്ങളിൽ അത് ‘പാപാഹ്വയാ’ എന്ന പാപനാമമുള്ള അശുഭഗതിയായി അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It classifies certain ‘gatis’ (destinies/paths) as dreadful or inauspicious when the jiva’s karmic trajectory aligns with specific deva-designations, emphasizing that actions and their subtle affiliations shape one’s post-mortem course.
By contrasting fearful and sin-termed destinies, it implicitly supports the Moksha-Dharma theme that one should turn away from karma that yields harsh gati and orient life toward purifying devotion and dharma that lead to auspicious ends.
It reflects a Vedic-nigama style of deity-classification and karmaphala mapping—useful for understanding ritual-theology (yajña-devatā associations) and the cosmological framework often employed alongside Jyotiṣa-style naming of divine forms.