Shiva Purana

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षड्भिच्छवासनिश्वासैः पलमेकं प्रवर्तितम् ।। घटी षष्टि पलाः प्रोक्ता सा षष्ट्या च दिनं निशा ।।२३।।

sanskrit

By six types of exhalations and inhalations, one pulse is created. The hour is declared to be sixty palas, and with sixty, the day and night are defined.

english translation

SaDbhicchavAsanizvAsaiH palamekaM pravartitam || ghaTI SaSTi palAH proktA sA SaSTyA ca dinaM nizA ||23||

hk transliteration