Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
त्रिंशत्कलो मुहूर्तः स्याद्दिनं पंचदशैस्तु तैः । दिनमाना निशा ज्ञेया अहोरात्रं तयोर्भवेत्
triṃśatkalo muhūrtaḥ syāddinaṃ paṃcadaśaistu taiḥ | dinamānā niśā jñeyā ahorātraṃ tayorbhavet
Thirty kalās make a muhūrta; and with fifteen of those, a day is formed. The night is to be known as equal in measure to the day; from the two arises the full day-and-night (ahorātra).
Unspecified (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devasenā
Scene: A circular mandala-clock: 30 kalās forming a muhūrta, 15 muhūrtas forming day; sun and moon balanced on opposite arcs, with pilgrims performing sandhyā at twilight.
FAQs
The disciplined structure of time supports dharma—ritual timing, vows, and pilgrimage observances align with sacred measures.
The setting remains Prabhāsa kṣetra’s māhātmya; this verse itself is about time measurement.
None explicitly, though muhūrta-based timing underlies vrata and pūjā scheduling.