Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
पूषा च सविता सोऽथ भगस्त्वष्टा च कीर्तितः । विष्णुश्चैत्रादिमासेषु आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः
pūṣā ca savitā so'tha bhagastvaṣṭā ca kīrtitaḥ | viṣṇuścaitrādimāseṣu ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
ਪੂਸ਼ਨ ਅਤੇ ਸਵਿਤਾ, ਫਿਰ ਭਗ ਅਤੇ ਤ੍ਵਸ਼ਟਾ ਵੀ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹਨ; ਅਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੂ—ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਚੈਤਰ ਆਦਿ ਮਹੀਨਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ ਯਾਦ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Āditya-smaraṇa (temporal tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circular calendar-mandala: twelve radiant Ādityas placed around a wheel labeled from Caitra onward; each deity (Pūṣan, Savitṛ, Bhaga, Tvāṣṭṛ, Viṣṇu, etc.) shown with distinct emblems, with Sūrya at the center as the unifying light.
FAQs
Time itself is sacred: months are linked to divine powers, encouraging reverence for calendrical observances and seasonal dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches about the sacred structure of months and Ādityas.
Implicit remembrance/recognition of the twelve Ādityas across the months; no specific vow is detailed in the verse.