Narapatijayacarya 4.4.54

A territory, a town, a village, a fortress, a temple, or a city, / when pierced on both sides by malefics, is ruined without a doubt.

On the phrase: "At the time of a query": Whichever ascendant happens to be at the time of a query, if it is pierced by malefic planets, then it must be known as producing a ruined, forbidden result. If it is pierced by auspicious, benefic planets, then an auspicious result is to be declared. If it is pierced by mixed planets, [that is,] by benefics and malefics together, then the result is mixed, both auspicious and inauspicious. On the phrase: "Unpierced by planets": When it is unpierced by planets, [that is,] unpierced by all planets, whichever [ascendant] is movable and so forth, having the nature of movable, fixed, or dual: regarding this, whatever result at the time of a query has been stated by the master astrologer, the knower of astrology, regarding gain or loss, victory or defeat in matters such as stolen or lost property, that result must be understood from the innate nature of the ascendant, according to the nature of the zodiacal sign as human, quadrupedal, village, or forest. In an ascendant that is movable and so forth, the result has been stated thus in the Praśnamārtaṇḍa: "At the rising of a movable ascendant, what is lost is difficult to recover, and there is death for the patient."