Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 88
The Account of the Lalitā Hymn, the Protective Armor
Kavaca), and the Thousand Names (Sahasranāma
कनका किनवा विद्या विविधा च प्रकीर्तिता । मेषा वृषाह्वया चैव मिथुना कर्कटा तथा ॥ ८८ ॥
kanakā kinavā vidyā vividhā ca prakīrtitā | meṣā vṛṣāhvayā caiva mithunā karkaṭā tathā || 88 ||
ही ज्योतिषविद्या अनेक प्रकारांनी प्रकीर्तित आहे—‘कनका’ किंवा ‘किनवा’ अशा नामभेदांनी, विविध ज्ञानरूपाने; आणि मेष, वृषभ, मिथुन तसेच कर्कट या राशीही सांगितल्या आहेत।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames Jyotiṣa as a legitimate śāstric vidyā taught in multiple lineages/forms, situating zodiacal knowledge within the broader Vedic-technical tradition rather than as mere fortune-telling.
Indirectly: by acknowledging Jyotiṣa as an auxiliary science, it supports orderly dharmic living (timing, discipline, duties), which in the Purāṇic worldview becomes supportive to steady Vishnu-bhakti rather than replacing it.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): the practical identification of rāśis (zodiac signs) beginning with Meṣa, Vṛṣa, Mithuna, and Karkaṭa, and the recognition that such teachings may exist in multiple named traditions.