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Shiva Purana

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अकस्माद्राहुणा ग्रस्तं सूर्यं वा सोममेव च ॥ दिक्चक्रं भ्रांतवत्पश्येत्षण्मासान्म्रियते स्फुटम् ॥ २६॥

If any person sees the sun or the moon suddenly seized by Rāhu, or the wheel of quarters whirling, he dies within six months definitely.

english translation

नीलाभिर्मक्षिकाभिश्च ह्यकस्माद्वेष्ट्यते पुमान् ॥ मासमेकं हि तस्यायुर्ज्ञातव्यं परमार्थतः ॥ २७॥

If a person is suddenly surrounded by blue bees, he will live only a month more. That is true.

english translation

गृध्रः काकः कपोतश्च शिरश्चाक्रम्य तिष्ठति ॥ शीघ्रं तु म्रियते जंतुर्मासैकेन न संशयः ॥ २८ ॥

Surely the person dies soon within a month if a crow or a dove attacks him and settles on his head.

english translation

एवं चारिष्टभेदस्तु बाह्यस्थः समुदाहृतः ॥ मानुषाणां हितार्थाय संक्षेपेण वदाम्यहम् ॥ २९ ॥

Thus the evil portents of an external nature have been explained to you. For the benefit of human beings I shall mention succinctly.

english translation

हस्तयोरुभयोर्देवि यथा कालं विजानते ॥ वामदक्षिणयोर्मध्ये प्रत्यक्षं चेत्युदाहृतम् ॥ ३०॥

O goddess, one can see Kāla within his two hands, the left and the right. It has been directly narrated.

english translation