Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 187
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
भवेद्भत्रितयं मूर्ध्नि धान्यनाशाय राहुभात् । गले त्रयं कज्जलाय वृद्ध्यै च द्वादशोदरे ॥ १८७ ॥
bhavedbhatritayaṃ mūrdhni dhānyanāśāya rāhubhāt | gale trayaṃ kajjalāya vṛddhyai ca dvādaśodare || 187 ||
اگر راہو کی آفت سے سر پر تین نشان ہوں تو غلّے کے ضائع ہونے کی علامت ہے۔ اگر گلے پر تین ہوں تو کاجل جیسی سیاہی کی خبر؛ اور اگر پیٹ پر بارہ ہوں تو بڑھوتری اور افزونی کی نشانی ہے۔
Narada (teaching within a technical/omens-astrology context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames worldly outcomes (loss or increase) as readable signs within Jyotiṣa-style diagnostics, encouraging vigilance, remedial action, and disciplined living rather than fatalism.
While the verse is primarily technical (omens/planetary affliction), its implied response in the Purāṇic framework is to seek protection through dharma and devotion—turning anxiety about harm (like Rāhu-affliction) into reliance on sacred remedies and worship.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): correlating specific bodily marks/locations and counts with predicted results, especially effects attributed to Rāhu and indications of loss or growth.