Varaha Purana 20.6: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 6
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
ये ते मासास्त आदित्याः स्वयं संवत्सरो हरिः । एवं ते द्वादशादित्या मार्त्तण्डश्च प्रधानवान् ॥ २०.६ ॥
ye te māsāstā ādityāḥ svayaṃ saṃvatsaro hariḥ | evaṃ te dvādaśādityā mārttaṇḍaś ca pradhānavān || 20.6 ||
บรรดาเดือนทั้งหลายของท่านนั่นเองคือเหล่าอาทิตยะ; ส่วนหริคือสํวัตสร (ปี) โดยสภาวะของพระองค์เอง ดังนี้จึงเป็นอาทิตยะทั้งสิบสอง และมารตัณฑะ (สุริยะ) เป็นผู้ประธานในหมู่เขา.
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It reflects a Purāṇic model of time-reckoning in which months are personified as Ādityas and the annual cycle (saṃvatsara) is linked to a supreme cosmic principle, illustrating how calendrical knowledge is embedded in mythic-theological language.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is cosmological and calendrical rather than topographical.
The verse does not state an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—presenting time (months/year) as an ordered cosmic system and associating that order with divine governance.
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