Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
सा सृजत्यखिलं विश्वं विषुवद्वयसंयुतम् । तथा संवरणी या तु विश्वं संहरते प्रिये । नेत्रपाताच्चतुर्भागस्त्रुटिकालो निगद्यते । तस्माच्च द्विगुणं विद्धि निमिषं तन्महेश्वरि
sā sṛjatyakhilaṃ viśvaṃ viṣuvadvayasaṃyutam | tathā saṃvaraṇī yā tu viśvaṃ saṃharate priye | netrapātāccaturbhāgastruṭikālo nigadyate | tasmācca dviguṇaṃ viddhi nimiṣaṃ tanmaheśvari
Elle crée l’univers tout entier avec les deux équinoxes; et de même, la kalā nommée « Saṃvaraṇī » retire l’univers, ô bien-aimée. On dit qu’un truṭi est le quart du temps d’un battement de paupières; et sache, ô Maheśvarī, qu’un nimeṣa en est le double.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvarī (as addressed within the verse)
Scene: Kalā-Śakti as a radiant goddess: with one hand she releases a stream of worlds (sṛṣṭi) aligned with two equinox markers; with another she draws them back (saṃvaraṇī). Below, an eye motif shows a blink divided into quarters to define truṭi and nimeṣa.
FAQs
Creation and dissolution are functions of divine kalā; even the smallest time-unit is tied to cosmic order.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the textual frame; its Māhātmya presents cosmic time as part of the kṣetra’s sacred teaching.
No explicit ritual; it supports precise muhūrta/tithi awareness by defining foundational time units.