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 ||
பறவை (சகுனி) ஐந்து (உயிரினங்களை) பெற்றது, தேவர்களும் அசுரர்களும் அவற்றைக் கைப்பற்றினர். மரணம் பருந்தையும், காலம் காகத்தையும் பற்றிக்கொண்டன.
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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.