Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 61
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
नाभ्यां क्षुत्तृड्भयं पुष्ये सम्यङ्मूलफलक्षयः । हृदयेशस्य निधनं शुभं स्यात्संयुतैः शुभैः ॥ ६१ ॥
nābhyāṃ kṣuttṛḍbhayaṃ puṣye samyaṅmūlaphalakṣayaḥ | hṛdayeśasya nidhanaṃ śubhaṃ syātsaṃyutaiḥ śubhaiḥ || 61 ||
नाभ्यां निमित्ते क्षुत्तृड्भयप्रदं भवति; पुष्ये तु मूलफलानां सम्यक् क्षयः सूच्यते। हृदयदेशे निमित्ते गृहेशस्य निधनं प्रायः; शुभलक्षणसंयुक्तं तु शुभफलदं भवेत्॥
Narada (teaching in a technical-omen/nimitta context within Moksha-Dharma discourse, traditionally in dialogue with Sanatkumara lineage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It frames worldly signs (nimittas) within dharmic discernment: even seemingly harsh portents are to be weighed with accompanying auspicious factors, encouraging steady, discriminating conduct rather than panic.
Indirectly, it supports bhakti by teaching equanimity: a devotee interprets changing circumstances without fear, relying on auspiciousness grounded in dharma and remembrance of the divine rather than superstition.
Jyotiṣa (a Vedāṅga) and nimitta-reading are implied—linking bodily indicators and the nakṣatra Puṣya to predicted outcomes, and stressing that results depend on the totality of signs (śubha-saṃyoga).