Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70
विमृश्य मिलिताः प्रातर्ज्योतिर्विद्भिः प्रतिष्ठिताः । ब्राह्मे मूहूर्ते चोत्थाय कान्यकुब्जं गता द्विजाः
vimṛśya militāḥ prātarjyotirvidbhiḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | brāhme mūhūrte cotthāya kānyakubjaṃ gatā dvijāḥ
ក្រោយពិចារណា ពួកគេបានមកជួបជុំគ្នានៅព្រឹក; ដោយមានអ្នកចេះកាលមង្គលជាអ្នកណែនាំ ពួកគេបានក្រោកឡើងនៅ «ព្រហ្ម-មុហូរត» ហើយព្រះទ្វិជាទាំងឡាយបានចេញដំណើរទៅកាន់ កាន្យកុប្ជ។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Tirtha: Kānyakubja
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pre-dawn gathering: brāhmaṇas assemble with travel staffs and water-pots; a learned muhūrta-knower indicates the auspicious moment; they depart toward Kānyakubja under a pale dawn sky.
FAQs
Right action is strengthened by right timing—beginning one’s journey at Brahma-muhūrta aligns effort with auspicious order.
The narrative transitions from Dharmāraṇya toward Kānyakubja, indicating sacred travel between renowned locales.
Rising at Brahma-muhūrta and proceeding under auspicious guidance (jyotiḥ-vid) is presented as the proper discipline.