Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
किंप्रमाणं भवेत्तस्य दिवसस्य ब्रवीहि नः । सूत उवाच । अहं वः कीर्तयिष्यामि प्रमाणं दिवसस्य तु
kiṃpramāṇaṃ bhavettasya divasasya bravīhi naḥ | sūta uvāca | ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ divasasya tu
«ថ្ងៃ» នោះមានមាត្រដ្ឋានប៉ុន្មាន? សូមប្រាប់យើង។ សូតៈបាននិយាយ៖ «ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រកាសដល់អ្នកទាំងឡាយអំពីមាត្រដ្ឋានពិតនៃថ្ងៃ»។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta, poised to teach, raises a hand in explanation; sages lean forward attentively; behind them a symbolic kāla-cakra (wheel of time) or sun-disc suggests ‘day-measure’.
FAQs
Dharma is practiced in time; hence scripture clarifies standards of time so vows, worship, and auspicious acts align with sacred order.
No single site is named in this verse; it functions as a transition into doctrinal teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
An instruction to define time-measures (pramāṇa) that underlie correct vrata and worship scheduling.