Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
इद्वत्सरस्तृतीयोऽसौ चतुर्थश्चानुवत्सरः । पंचमश्च युगोनाम गणनानिश्चयो हि सः
idvatsarastṛtīyo'sau caturthaścānuvatsaraḥ | paṃcamaśca yugonāma gaṇanāniścayo hi saḥ
Das dritte heißt Idvatsara; das vierte Anuvatsara. Das fünfte wird Yuga genannt — dies ist die feststehende Bestimmung für die Berechnung.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A cosmic accountant-sage inscribes the five-year cycle; the fifth segment labeled ‘Yuga’ glows, implying a foundational unit; stars and sun paths arc overhead.
FAQs
Tradition preserves authoritative standards for measuring time, enabling orderly dharma and festival observance.
None; the verse concludes a calendrical naming sequence.
None explicitly; it provides the naming convention used in religious calculations.