Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 123
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
पितरश्च ततो विश्वे शशींद्रा ग्न्यश्विनो भगः । तथा युगस्य वर्षेशास्त्वग्निनेंदुविधीश्वराः ॥ १२३ ॥
pitaraśca tato viśve śaśīṃdrā gnyaśvino bhagaḥ | tathā yugasya varṣeśāstvagnineṃduvidhīśvarāḥ || 123 ||
Kemudian datang para Pitṛ dan para Viśvedevas; juga Soma dan Indra, Agni, pasangan Aśvin, serta Bhaga. Demikian pula, para penguasa bagi yuga dan bagi tahun ialah Agni, Bulan, dan Vidhīśvara, Sang Pengatur Yang Berdaulat.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the cosmos as a dharmic order: ancestral forces (Pitṛs), universal deities (Viśvedevas), and key Vedic gods preside over time-units like yugas and years, reminding the seeker that liberation is pursued within a divinely governed moral-time structure.
By listing the presiding powers behind ritual and time, it implicitly directs devotion beyond many functions to the One who ordains them (Vidhīśvara), encouraging bhakti as reverence for the divine governance that sustains all cycles.
It points to kāla-vicāra (time-reckoning) used in ritual scheduling—an applied bridge to Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology/astronomy), where yugas, years, and their adhidevatās guide auspicious timing and sacrificial contexts.