Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 35
Kriyā-yoga, the Virāṭ-Puruṣa Mapping, and the Sun-God’s Monthly Expansions
मित्रोऽत्रि: पौरुषेयोऽथ तक्षको मेनका हहा: । रथस्वन इति ह्येते शुक्रमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३५ ॥
mitro ’triḥ pauruṣeyo ’tha takṣako menakā hahāḥ rathasvana iti hy ete śukra-māsaṁ nayanty amī
Mitra en tant que dieu Soleil, Atri en tant que sage, Pauruṣeya en tant que Rākṣasa, Takṣaka en tant que Nāga, Menakā en tant qu’Apsarā, Hāhā en tant que Gandharva et Rathasvana en tant que Yakṣa gouvernent le mois de Śukra.
FAQs
Bhagavatam 12.11.35 names Mitra, Atri, Pauruṣeya, Takṣaka, Menakā, Hahā, and Rathasvana as the attendants who preside with the Sun during the month Śukra.
In Canto 12, Chapter 11, Śukadeva explains that time is administered through divine agents; the monthly course of the Sun is accompanied by specific devas, sages, Gandharvas, Apsarās, and Nāgas, showing that cosmic order is personally governed.
It encourages seeing time as sacred and purposeful—governed by dharma and divine order—prompting disciplined living, gratitude, and devotional remembrance as days and months pass.