Linga Purana

वमेन्मूत्रं पुरीषं च सुवर्णं रजतं तथा प्रत्यक्षमथवा स्वप्ने दशमासान्न जीवति

If one sees urine, feces, gold, or silver on the left side, either in waking or in a dream, he will not live for ten months.

रुक्मवर्णं द्रुमं पश्येद् गन्धर्वनगराणि च पश्येत् प्रेतपिशाचांश् च नवमासान् स जीवति

If one sees a golden-colored tree, or beholds cities of the Gandharvas, or sees ghosts and spirits, he lives for nine months.

अकस्माच्च भवेत्स्थूलो ह्य् अकस्माच्च कृशो भवेत् प्रकृतेश् च निवर्तेत चाष्टौ मासांश् च जीवति

If, without cause, one becomes stout or, without cause, becomes thin, and turns away from his natural state, he lives for eight months.

अग्रतः पृष्ठतो वापि खण्डं यस्य पदं भवेत् पांसुके कर्दमे वापि सप्तमासान्स जीवति

If a person’s foot is cut off at the front or back, or if it is stuck in sand or mud, he lives for seven months.

काकः कपोतो गृध्रो वा निलीयेद्यस्य मूर्धनि क्रव्यादो वा खगो यस्य षण्मासान् नातिवर्तते

If a crow, pigeon, vulture, or any flesh-eating bird sits hidden on a person’s head, he does not survive beyond six months.

गच्छेद् वायसपङ्क्तीभिः पांसुवर्षेण वा पुनः स्वच्छायां विकृतां पश्येच् चतुःपञ्च स जीवति

If one goes with lines of crows or under a shower of dust, or sees his own distorted shadow, he lives for four or five months.

अनभ्रे विद्युतं पश्येद् दक्षिणां दिशमास्थिताम् उदके धनुर् ऐन्द्रं वा त्रीणि द्वौ वा स जीवति

If one sees lightning in a clear sky, or sees it fixed in the southern direction, or sees the Indra’s bow in water, he lives for three or two months.

अप्सु वा यदि वादर्शे यो ह्यात्मानं न पश्यति अशिरस्कं तथा पश्येन् मासाद् ऊर्ध्वं न जीवति

If a person does not see his own reflection in water or in a mirror, or sees himself without a head, he does not live beyond a month.

शवगन्धि भवेद्गात्रं वसागन्धमथापि वा मृत्युर्ह्युपागतस्तस्य अर्धमासान्न जीवति

If the body acquires the smell of a corpse or the odor of fat, death has approached; he does not live for half a month.

यस्य वै स्नातमात्रस्य हृदयं परिशुष्यति धूमं वा मस्तकात्पश्येद् दशाहान्न स जीवति

If, immediately after bathing, a person’s heart dries up, or if he sees smoke rising from his head, he does not live for ten days.

संभिन्नो मारुतो यस्य मर्मस्थानानि कृन्तति अद्भिः स्पृष्टो न हृष्येत तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः

If the vital wind is disturbed and cuts the vital spots, and if touched by water he does not feel delight, death is near for him.

ऋक्षवानरयुक्तेन रथेनाशां च दक्षिणाम् गायन्नृत्यन् व्रजेत् स्वप्ने विद्यान्मृत्युरुपस्थितः

If, in a dream, one rides southward in a chariot drawn by bears or monkeys, singing or dancing, he should know death is near.

कृष्णांबरधरा श्यामा गायन्ती वाप्यथाङ्गना यं नयेद्दक्षिणामाशां स्वप्ने सो ऽपि न जीवति

If, in a dream, a dark-clad, dark woman, singing or otherwise, leads him to the southern direction, he too does not survive.

छिद्रं वा स्वस्य कण्ठस्य स्वप्ने यो वीक्षते नरः नग्नं वा श्रमणं दृष्ट्वा विद्यान्मृत्युमुपस्थितम्

If, in a dream, a man sees a hole in his own throat, or sees a naked ascetic, he should know death is near.

आ मस्तकतलाद्यस् तु निमज्जेत्पङ्कसागरे दृष्ट्वा तु तादृशं स्वप्नं सद्य एव न जीवति

If one sees himself, from head to foot, sinking into a sea of mud in a dream, having seen such a dream, he does not live even for a day.

भस्माङ्गारांश् च केशांश् च नदीं शुष्कां भुजङ्गमान् पश्येद्यो दशरात्रं तु न स जीवति तादृशः

If one sees ashes, coals, hair, a dry river, or serpents, he does not live for ten nights after such a vision.

कृष्णैश् च विकटैश्चैव पुरुषैरुद्यतायुधैः पाषाणैस्ताड्यते स्वप्ने यः सद्यो न स जीवति

If, in a dream, one is struck with stones by black and terrifying men armed with weapons, he dies immediately.

सूर्योदये प्रत्युषसि प्रत्यक्षं यस्य वै शिवाः क्रोशन्त्यभिमुखं प्रेत्य स गतायुर्भवेन्नरः

If, at sunrise or dawn, one directly hears jackals howling facing him, after death his lifespan is ended.

यस्य वा स्नातमात्रस्य हृदयं पीड्यते भृशम् जायते दन्तहर्षश् च तं गतायुषमादिशेत्

If, immediately after bathing, a person’s heart is greatly afflicted, or if his teeth chatter, he should be considered one whose lifespan is ended.

भूयोभूयस्त्रसेद्यस्तु रात्रौ वा यदि वा दिवा दीपगन्धं च नाघ्राति विद्यान्मृत्युम् उपस्थितम्

If a person trembles again and again, whether at night or during the day, and does not perceive the scent of a lamp, one should know that death is near.

रात्रौ चेन्द्रधनुः पश्येद् दिवा नक्षत्रमण्डलम् परनेत्रेषु चात्मानं न पश्येन्न स जीवति

If one sees a rainbow at night, or the circle of stars during the day, or does not see oneself in another’s eyes, that person does not live.

नेत्रमेकं स्रवेद्यस्य कर्णौ स्थानाच्च भ्रश्यतः वक्रा च नासा भवति विज्ञेयो गतजीवितः

If one eye of a person weeps, or the ears fall from their place, or the nose becomes crooked, it should be understood that life has departed.

यस्य कृष्णा खरा जिह्वा पद्माभासं च वै मुखम् गण्डे वा पिण्डिकारक्ते तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः

For one whose tongue is black and rough, whose mouth has the appearance of a lotus, or whose cheek has a red swelling, death is at hand.

मुक्तकेशो हसंश्चैव गायन्नृत्यंश् च यो नरः याम्यामभिमुखं गच्छेत् तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्

A man who, with hair unbound, laughs, sings, or dances, and walks facing south, his life comes to its end.

यस्य श्वेतघनाभासा श्वेतसर्षपसंनिभा श्वेता च मूर्तिर्ह्यसकृत् तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः

For one whose form appears repeatedly white like a dense mass, or like white mustard seeds, or is entirely white, death is near.

उष्ट्रा वा रासभा वाभियुक्ताः स्वप्ने रथे शुभाः यस्य सो ऽपि न जीवेत्तु दक्षिणाभिमुखो गतः

If, in a dream, one sees camels or donkeys yoked to a fine chariot, that person, too, does not live, especially if he goes facing south.

द्वे वाथ परमे ऽरिष्टे एकीभूतः परं भवेत् घोषं न शृणुयात्कर्णे ज्योतिर् नेत्रे न पश्यति

If two or the most dreadful omens unite in one person, and he does not hear sound in his ear or see light in his eye, it is a grave sign.

श्वभ्रे यो निपतेत्स्वप्ने द्वारं चापि पिधीयते न चोत्तिष्ठति यः श्वभ्रात् तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्

If one falls into a pit in a dream, or a door is closed and he does not rise from that pit, his life comes to its end.

मुखस्य शोषः सुषिरा च नाभिरत्युष्णमूत्रो विषमस्थ एव

Dryness of the mouth, hollow navel, and excessively hot urine—such a person is in a perilous state.