Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvadasha Skandha, Shloka 42
Kriyā-yoga, the Virāṭ-Puruṣa Mapping, and the Sun-God’s Monthly Expansions
भग: स्फूर्जोऽरिष्टनेमिरूर्ण आयुश्च पञ्चम: । कर्कोटक: पूर्वचित्ति: पुष्यमासं नयन्त्यमी ॥ ४२ ॥
bhagaḥ sphūrjo ’riṣṭanemir ūrṇa āyuś ca pañcamaḥ karkoṭakaḥ pūrvacittiḥ puṣya-māsaṁ nayanty amī
婆伽为太阳神，斯普尔迦为罗刹，阿利什塔涅弥为乾闼婆，乌尔那为夜叉，阿尤尔为圣仙，迦尔科塔迦为那伽，普尔瓦奇蒂为天女——诸位共同主宰“Puṣya（普什耶）”之月。
FAQs
This verse names Bhaga, Sphūrja, Ariṣṭanemi, Ūrṇa, and Āyu, along with the nāga Karkoṭaka and the apsarā Pūrvacitti, as the presiding beings who conduct the month of Puṣya.
Śukadeva describes how time is administered through divine agents, showing that the Lord’s order pervades the calendar and cosmic rhythms—helping Parīkṣit see kāla (time) as sacred and governed, not random.
Time can be treated as a divine trust: aligning one’s months and days with sādhana—hearing, chanting, and purposeful living—transforms ordinary calendar time into devotional time.