Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 67
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
अवाप शकुनिः पञ्च जगृहुस्तान् सुरासुराः ।
श्येनं जग्राह मृत्युः च काकं कालो गृहीतवान् ॥
avāpa śakuniḥ pañca jagṛhus tān surāsurāḥ | śyenaṃ jagrāha mṛtyuś ca kākaṃ kālo gṛhītavān ||
ਪੰਛੀ (ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ) ਨੇ ਪੰਜ (ਅਜਿਹੇ ਜੀਵ) ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੇ, ਅਤੇ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਤੇ ਅਸੁਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਫੜ ਲਿਆ। ਮੌਤ ਨੇ ਬਾਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਲ ਨੇ ਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਕਬਜ਼ੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ।
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FAQs
Omens are linked to universal powers: predatory or scavenging birds become ‘vehicles’ of Death and Time, warning that certain conditions attract inevitable forces (decay, termination).
Dharma-upadeśa via mythic personification; not a core pancalakṣaṇa category, but a didactic appendage common in purāṇic instruction.
Hawk and crow indicate sharp seizure and lingering decay; assigning them to Mṛtyu and Kāla encodes a mapping of visible signs to invisible cosmic principles.