Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
तैः पंचदशभिः पक्षः पक्षाभ्यां मास उच्यते । मासैश्चैवायनं षङ्भिरब्दं स्यादयनद्वयात्
taiḥ paṃcadaśabhiḥ pakṣaḥ pakṣābhyāṃ māsa ucyate | māsaiścaivāyanaṃ ṣaṅbhirabdaṃ syādayanadvayāt
Avec quinze jours, on appelle cela une quinzaine (pakṣa) ; par deux quinzaines, on dit qu’il y a un mois. Par six mois, il y a un ayana (demi-année) ; et par deux ayana, il y a une année.
Unspecified (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devasenā
Scene: A ‘kāla-cakra’ wheel: 15-day pakṣas forming months, months forming ayanas, ayanas forming a year; sun’s northward/southward course shown, with pilgrims arriving in favorable season.
FAQs
Sacred time is ordered into calendrical cycles, providing the framework for pilgrimage seasons, vratas, and festival dharma.
Prabhāsa kṣetra is the overarching context; the verse defines calendar units used for religious observances.
None directly; it lays out the time divisions that commonly govern vratas and tīrtha-yātrā timing.