Shloka 4
सूर्यरथनिर्णयः (चन्द्रस्य पक्षवृद्धिक्षयविधानम्)
क्रमते शुक्लपक्षादौ भास्करात्परमास्थितः आपूर्यते परस्यान्तः सततं दिवसक्रमात्
kramate śuklapakṣādau bhāskarātparamāsthitaḥ āpūryate parasyāntaḥ satataṃ divasakramāt
Pada awal paruh terang (Śukla-pakṣa), ia maju, berada melampaui Surya; dan batas yang lebih jauh (pada cakera bulan) terus-menerus dipenuhi, hari demi hari, menurut tertibnya perjalanan hari.
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)
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It frames time (kāla)—days and fortnights—as a measurable cosmic order, reminding the worshipper that Shiva as Pati transcends the Sun and Moon while sustaining their rhythms; this supports choosing auspicious tithis for Linga-puja and seeing ritual time as Shiva’s ordinance.
By describing the luminaries’ ordered progression, it implicitly points to Shiva-tattva as the transcendent regulator of kāla: the Pati who is beyond the solar sphere yet immanent as the law that makes increase, decrease, and sequence intelligible for pashus bound by time (pāśa).
Observation of tithi–paksha cycles for vrata and puja timing, and a yogic takeaway of kāla-anusandhāna—contemplating time’s flow to loosen pāśa (bondage) and stabilize awareness in the Pashupata orientation toward the timeless Lord.