Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 8 · Marriage
विवाहः
तुलागोकर्कटा लग्नसंस्थाः शुक्रेंदुसंयुताः ।वीक्षिताः पृच्छतां नृणां कन्यालाभो भवेत्तदा ॥ ४०२ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 402.
Say Libra, Taurus or Cancer is the lagna (rising sign). Venus and the Moon join it and look at it. Then men who ask get a bride.
Simple meaning: Libra, Taurus or Cancer rising with Venus and the Moon helping brings a bride.
स्त्रीद्रेष्काणः स्त्रीनवांशे युग्मलग्नं समागतम् ।
An even-sign lagna in female parts, seen by the Moon and Venus, brings a bride.
एवं स्त्रीणां भर्तृलब्धिः पुंलग्ने पुंनवांशके ।
A male-sign lagna looked at by male planets brings a husband to a woman.
कृष्णपक्षे प्रश्नलग्नाद्यस्य राशौ शशी यदा ।
A weak Moon in the dark half, hit by a bad planet or in the 8th, stops a match.