Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 56
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
यस्यर्क्षस्य पतिर्यो वै ग्रहस्तद्भावितो भयम् ।
तद्देशस्य मुनिश्रेष्ठ तदुत्कर्षे शुभागमः ॥
yasyarkṣasya patiryo vai grahastadbhāvito bhayam / taddeśasya muniśreṣṭha ! tadutkarṣe śubhāgamaḥ
எந்த நக்ஷத்திரத்திற்கு எந்த கிரகம் அதிபதியோ—அக்கிரகம் எதிர்நிலையடைந்தால் அந்தப் பிரதேசத்திற்கு அச்சம் உண்டாகும், முனிவரரே; ஆனால் அது உயர்வு/வலிமை பெற்றால் நல்விளைவுகள் கிடைக்கும்।
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FAQs
The verse teaches discernment: outcomes depend on the ‘state’ (avasthā) of governing influences, implying that one should respond with measured remedies and right action, not panic.
Auxiliary doctrine supporting Purāṇic cosmology and social order; it is applied time-science rather than sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa proper.
‘Lord of the nakṣatra’ mirrors the idea of an inner ruler (adhiṣṭhātṛ): when the ruling principle is disturbed, fear manifests; when elevated, harmony returns.