Shloka 8
सोमचक्रः, ग्रह-रथाः, ध्रुवबन्धनं, शिशुमारसंनिवेशः, विष्णु-सर्वात्मकता
Moon, Planets, Dhruva-Tethering, Śiśumāra, and Vishnu as All
कलाद्वयावशिष्टस् तु प्रविष्टः सूर्यमण्डलम् अमाख्यरश्मौ वसति अमावास्या ततः स्मृता
kalādvayāvaśiṣṭas tu praviṣṭaḥ sūryamaṇḍalam amākhyaraśmau vasati amāvāsyā tataḥ smṛtā
ពេលនៅសល់តែពីរកលា ព្រះចន្ទត្រូវបានពោលថាចូលទៅក្នុងមណ្ឌលព្រះអាទិត្យ ហើយស្ថិតនៅក្នុងកាំរស្មីដែលហៅថា ‘អមា’; ពីស្ថានភាពនោះ ថ្ងៃនោះត្រូវបានចងចាំថា អមាវាស្យា (ថ្ងៃចន្ទថ្មី)។
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse defines Amāvāsyā as the condition when the Moon, with only two kalās remaining, is said to enter the Sun’s orb and dwell in the ‘Amā’ ray—marking the new-moon.
Parāśara uses kalā-counting: as the Moon wanes to two remaining kalās, it is described as merging into the solar sphere, which becomes the textual marker for the new-moon transition.
Even in technical cosmology, the Purāṇa presents orderly time (tithi, lunar change) as part of a governed cosmos—implicitly upheld by Vishnu as the supreme regulator of universal rhythm and law.