Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
दिवसे पंच कालाः स्युस्त्रिमुहूर्ताः श्रृणुष्व तान् । प्रातस्ततः संगवश्च मध्याह्नश्चापराह्णकः
divase paṃca kālāḥ syustrimuhūrtāḥ śrṛṇuṣva tān | prātastataḥ saṃgavaśca madhyāhnaścāparāhṇakaḥ
দিনে পাঁচটি কাল থাকে, প্রত্যেকটি তিন মুহূর্তের; সেগুলি শোনো—প্রাতঃ, তারপর সংগব, মধ্যাহ্ন এবং অপরাহ্ণ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A visual ‘day wheel’ split into five arcs labeled prātaḥ, saṃgava, madhyāhna, aparāhṇa, sāyāhna; pilgrims perform successive acts—bathing, offering flowers, lamp worship—across the segments.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced in harmony with sacred time; dividing the day guides timely worship and duties.
No site is mentioned; it is a general dharmic time-structure.
Implicitly supports scheduling of sandhyā, pūjā, and daily duties by time-periods; no single ritual is named.