Shloka 23
आदित्यकर्म, त्रयीमयी वैष्णवी शक्तिः, सवितुरन्तर्यामी
The Sun’s Function and Vishnu’s Vedic Śakti within Savitṛ
पीतं तं द्विकलं सोमं कृष्णपक्षक्षये द्विज पिबन्ति पितरस् तेषां भास्करात् तर्पणं तथा
pītaṃ taṃ dvikalaṃ somaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣakṣaye dvija pibanti pitaras teṣāṃ bhāskarāt tarpaṇaṃ tathā
Oh, dos veces nacido, al término de la quincena oscura los Pitṛs beben ese Soma, ya reducido a dos porciones; y para ellos, asimismo, la satisfacción (tarpaṇa) se obtiene por el Sol.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
It marks the Moon’s extreme waning (near amāvasyā), when Soma is described as diminished; this becomes a ritual-cosmic signal connected to the Pitṛs and the timing of ancestral offerings.
He presents the luminaries as channels within cosmic order: the Pitṛs ‘drink’ Soma as it wanes, and they are also ‘satisfied’ through the Sun—linking tithi, light, and tarpaṇa into one regulated system.
Even when not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana frames Sun, Moon, time, and ritual law as operating under Viṣṇu’s sovereignty—cosmic regularity and dharma functioning as expressions of the Supreme Reality’s governance.