Shloka 61

सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्

Devanagari script

रेखाप्रभृत्य् अथादित्ये त्रिमुहूर्तगते तु वै प्रातः स्मृतस् ततः कालो भागश् चाह्नः स पञ्चमः

Transliteration

rekhāprabhṛty athāditye trimuhūrtagate tu vai prātaḥ smṛtas tataḥ kālo bhāgaś cāhnaḥ sa pañcamaḥ

Translation

အရုဏ်ဦး၏ ပထမ မိမိန့်မိမိန့် မျဉ်းမှစ၍ နေမင်းသည် မုဟူရတ သုံးခု ရွေ့လျားပြီးနောက် ထိုကာလကို ‘ပရာတಃ’ (မနက်) ဟု မှတ်ယူကြသည်။ ၎င်းသည် နေ့၏ သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အပိုင်းဖြစ်၍ ပဉ္စမပိုင်းဟု ရေတွက်သည်။

Word by Word

रेखाप्रभृतिstarting from the line (i.e., from the mark)

अथthen

आदित्येin the sun (i.e., when the sun is at ...)

त्रिमुहूर्तगतेhaving passed three muhūrtas

तुindeed

वैcertainly

प्रातःmorning

स्मृतःis called

ततःthereafter

कालःtime-period

भागःportion

चand

अह्नःof the day

सःthat (it)

पञ्चमःfifth

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Aditya (the Sun)

FAQs

What is the significance of defining ‘morning’ (prātaḥ) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse treats morning as a precise cosmic measure tied to the Sun’s progress, showing that daily life and ritual time are grounded in an ordered, universal framework.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the division of the day here?

He defines prātaḥ as the interval beginning from dawn’s first appearance and extending to the point when the Sun has moved three muhūrtas, identifying it as a specific fraction (the fifth) of the day.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named, the Purana’s time-science implies a universe governed by a supreme regulator—time’s regularity and measurability reflect the sustaining sovereignty attributed to Vishnu.