विवाहादौ स्मृतः सौरो यज्ञादौ सावनः स्मृतः । आब्दिके पितृकार्ये तु चान्द्रो मासः प्रशस्यते
vivāhādau smṛtaḥ sauro yajñādau sāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ | ābdike pitṛkārye tu cāndro māsaḥ praśasyate
في الطقوس التي تبتدئ بالزواج يُعلَّم الحساب الشمسي (saura)، وفي الطقوس التي تبتدئ باليَجْنَة (yajña) يُعلَّم حساب السافانا (sāvana) أي عدّ الأيام. أمّا في العمل السنوي للآباء والأجداد، فيُمدَح الشهر القمري (cāndra māsa) على أنه الأفضل.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teaching tableau: three panels or a single scene with symbolic markers—wedding rites under a sun emblem (saura), a yajña with counted days (sāvana), and a śrāddha under a crescent moon (cāndra).
Different sacred duties follow different time-reckonings; dharma harmonizes human rites with cosmic rhythms.
The instruction is delivered within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking correct ritual time to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
Use solar time for marriage-type rites, sāvana counting for yajñas, and lunar months for annual ancestor rites.