Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
चांद्र एकादशोनस्तु त्रिंशद्धीन उडूद्भवः । शीतातपौ तथा वृष्टिः सौरमानेन जायते
cāṃdra ekādaśonastu triṃśaddhīna uḍūdbhavaḥ | śītātapau tathā vṛṣṭiḥ sauramānena jāyate
L’année lunaire est plus courte de onze jours, et l’année sidérale (nākṣatra) de trente. Le froid et la chaleur, ainsi que la pluie, naissent selon la mesure solaire.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A sage instructs a listener with a celestial diagram: Sun’s path marking seasons, Moon’s shorter year, and a star-circle for nakṣatras; below, earth shows alternating heat, cold, and rain over fields and rivers.
FAQs
Sacred observance respects nature’s rhythms; the Purāṇic view links seasonal order to solar time, guiding dharma through disciplined calendrical knowledge.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides time-and-nature context often used to ground tīrtha and vrata teachings.
None explicitly; it clarifies time standards used to schedule rites and seasonal observances.