She, who is known as Putana Rakshashi by the learned, is the Graha called Putana. That fearful and terrible Rakshashi of a hideous form is called the Pishachi Shita Putana. That fearful spirit causes abortion in women.
पूतनां राक्षसी प्राहुस्तं विद्यात् पूतनाग्रहम्। कष्टा दारुणरूपेण घोररूपा निशाचरी॥ पिशाची दारुणाकारा कथ्यते शीतपूतना। गर्भान् सा मानुषीणां तु हरते घोरदर्शना॥