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 ||
ناف کے مقام پر اگر شگون ظاہر ہو تو بھوک اور پیاس سے پیدا ہونے والا خوف دلالت کرتا ہے؛ پُشْیَہ نَکشتر میں یہ جڑ اور پھل کے مناسب زوال کی علامت ہے۔ دل کے حصے کا شگون گھر کے مالک کی وفات کی خبر دیتا ہے؛ مگر اگر اس کے ساتھ مبارک نشان ہوں تو نتیجہ نیک بھی ہو سکتا ہے۔
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).