Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 35
Kriyā-yoga, the Virāṭ-Puruṣa Mapping, and the Sun-God’s Monthly Expansions
मित्रोऽत्रि: पौरुषेयोऽथ तक्षको मेनका हहा: । रथस्वन इति ह्येते शुक्रमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ३५ ॥
mitro ’triḥ pauruṣeyo ’tha takṣako menakā hahāḥ rathasvana iti hy ete śukra-māsaṁ nayanty amī
Митра как бог Солнца, Атри как риши, Паурушея как ракшаса, Такшака как нага, Менакā как апсара, Хāхā как гандхарва и Ратхасвана как якша — правят месяцем Шукра.
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Bhagavatam 12.11.35 names Mitra, Atri, Pauruṣeya, Takṣaka, Menakā, Hahā, and Rathasvana as the attendants who preside with the Sun during the month Śukra.
In Canto 12, Chapter 11, Śukadeva explains that time is administered through divine agents; the monthly course of the Sun is accompanied by specific devas, sages, Gandharvas, Apsarās, and Nāgas, showing that cosmic order is personally governed.
It encourages seeing time as sacred and purposeful—governed by dharma and divine order—prompting disciplined living, gratitude, and devotional remembrance as days and months pass.