Varaha Purana 13.43: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 43
The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times
नभस्यामासस्य तमिस्त्रपक्षे त्रयोदशी पञ्चदशी च माघे । उपप्लवे चन्द्रमसो रवेश्च तथाष्टकास्वप्ययनद्वये च ॥ १३.४३ ॥
nabhasyāmāsasya tamistrapakṣe trayodaśī pañcadaśī ca māghe | upaplave candramaso raveś ca tathāṣṭakāsv apy ayanadvaye ca || 13.43 ||
નભસ્ય માસના કૃષ્ણપક્ષમાં ત્રયોદશી, તેમજ માઘમાં પંચદશી (અમાવાસ્યા); ચંદ્ર અને સૂર્યના ગ્રહણકાળે; અષ્ટકા દિવસોમાં અને બંને અયનોમાં—આ વિશેષ રીતે નિર્દિષ્ટ સમય છે.
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It documents a Purāṇic scheme for identifying ritually significant times using luni-solar calendrics (tithi, month) alongside observable astronomical events (eclipses), reflecting the integration of timekeeping and social-religious practice in premodern South Asia.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on time markers (months, tithis, eclipses, and solstices) rather than place-based sacred geography.
The verse primarily functions as a normative listing of auspicious or prescribed temporal occasions; its ethical dimension lies in disciplined observance and attentiveness to calendrical and astronomical order rather than a direct moral injunction.
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