चित्रगुप्तादयः सर्वे कालं जानंति सूर्यतः । स्थितिसर्गविसर्गाणां कारणं केवलं रविः
citraguptādayaḥ sarve kālaṃ jānaṃti sūryataḥ | sthitisargavisargāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ kevalaṃ raviḥ
Citragupta et tous les autres connaissent le temps par le Soleil. Pour la préservation, la création et la dissolution, Ravi, le Soleil, est à lui seul le fondement causal.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: Citragupta and celestial record-keepers consult solar movement to mark time; above them Ravi radiates, while below the cosmos cycles through creation, maintenance, dissolution in symbolic panels.
Time and cosmic order are not random; they are intelligible and governed—symbolically and functionally—through the Sun’s regulation.
Kāśī (Varanasi) is the textual setting (Kāśī-khaṇḍa), though the verse itself praises the cosmic role of Sūrya rather than a named tirtha.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse provides doctrinal grounding for calendrical and ritual timing based on the Sun.