Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95
संगवस्त्रिमुहूर्तोऽयं मध्याह्नस्तु समन्ततः । ततश्च त्रिमुहूर्ताश्च अपराह्णो विधीयते
saṃgavastrimuhūrto'yaṃ madhyāhnastu samantataḥ | tataśca trimuhūrtāśca aparāhṇo vidhīyate
سَمْغَفَا (Saṃgava) يتكوّن من ثلاث مُهورتات. أمّا مَدْيَاهْنَا (madhyāhna) أي وقت الظهيرة فيمتدّ تمامًا؛ ثم تُجعل ثلاث مُهورتات أخرى «أباراهْنَا» (aparāhṇa)، أي وقت ما بعد الظهر.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A day-wheel diagram with five divisions; a priest marks three-muhūrta blocks for saṃgava and aparāhṇa, with the sun at zenith for madhyāhna; pilgrims wait with offerings.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced through orderly structure; even time is sanctified by clear divisions for worship and offerings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a place where precise observance of rites yields true merit.
Definition of saṃgava, madhyāhna, and aparāhṇa in terms of muhūrta-counts for ritual timing.