Shiva Purana

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ज्ञेयं पित्र्यमहोरात्रं मासः कृष्णसितात्मकः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

The month consisting of black and white is to be understood as the day and night of the fathers.

english translation

jJeyaM pitryamahorAtraM mAsaH kRSNasitAtmakaH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/7

मासैस्तैरयनं षड्भिर्वर्षं द्वे चायनं मतम् ॥ लौकिकेनैव मानेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः ॥ ७ ॥

sanskrit

Six months are considered to be the ayana, and two years are considered to be the ayana. The year which is considered to be a human being by the same worldly standards.

english translation

mAsaistairayanaM SaDbhirvarSaM dve cAyanaM matam ॥ laukikenaiva mAnena abdo yo mAnuSaH smRtaH ॥ 7 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/8

एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रस्य निश्चयः ॥ दक्षिणं चायनं रात्रिस्तथोदगयनं दिनम् ॥ ८ ॥

sanskrit

This is the divine day and night, as the scriptures determine. The southern moon is the night and the east moon is the day.

english translation

etaddivyamahorAtramiti zAstrasya nizcayaH ॥ dakSiNaM cAyanaM rAtristathodagayanaM dinam ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/9

मासस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रैर्दिव्यो मानुषवत्स्मृतः ॥ संवत्सरो ऽपि देवानां मासैर्द्वादशभिस्तथा ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

The divine month like the human month constitutes thirty days. The year of the gods constitutes twelve months.

english translation

mAsastriMzadahorAtrairdivyo mAnuSavatsmRtaH ॥ saMvatsaro 'pi devAnAM mAsairdvAdazabhistathA ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/10

त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येव षष्टिवर्षयुतान्यपि ॥ दिव्यस्संवत्सरो ज्ञेयो मानुषेण प्रकीर्तितः ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

They lived for three hundred years and sixty thousand years. The divine year is to be understood as described by human beings.

english translation

trINi varSazatAnyeva SaSTivarSayutAnyapi ॥ divyassaMvatsaro jJeyo mAnuSeNa prakIrtitaH ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/6

ज्ञेयं पित्र्यमहोरात्रं मासः कृष्णसितात्मकः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

The month consisting of black and white is to be understood as the day and night of the fathers.

english translation

jJeyaM pitryamahorAtraM mAsaH kRSNasitAtmakaH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/7

मासैस्तैरयनं षड्भिर्वर्षं द्वे चायनं मतम् ॥ लौकिकेनैव मानेन अब्दो यो मानुषः स्मृतः ॥ ७ ॥

sanskrit

Six months are considered to be the ayana, and two years are considered to be the ayana. The year which is considered to be a human being by the same worldly standards.

english translation

mAsaistairayanaM SaDbhirvarSaM dve cAyanaM matam ॥ laukikenaiva mAnena abdo yo mAnuSaH smRtaH ॥ 7 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/8

एतद्दिव्यमहोरात्रमिति शास्त्रस्य निश्चयः ॥ दक्षिणं चायनं रात्रिस्तथोदगयनं दिनम् ॥ ८ ॥

sanskrit

This is the divine day and night, as the scriptures determine. The southern moon is the night and the east moon is the day.

english translation

etaddivyamahorAtramiti zAstrasya nizcayaH ॥ dakSiNaM cAyanaM rAtristathodagayanaM dinam ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/9

मासस्त्रिंशदहोरात्रैर्दिव्यो मानुषवत्स्मृतः ॥ संवत्सरो ऽपि देवानां मासैर्द्वादशभिस्तथा ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

The divine month like the human month constitutes thirty days. The year of the gods constitutes twelve months.

english translation

mAsastriMzadahorAtrairdivyo mAnuSavatsmRtaH ॥ saMvatsaro 'pi devAnAM mAsairdvAdazabhistathA ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/8/10

त्रीणि वर्षशतान्येव षष्टिवर्षयुतान्यपि ॥ दिव्यस्संवत्सरो ज्ञेयो मानुषेण प्रकीर्तितः ॥ १० ॥

sanskrit

They lived for three hundred years and sixty thousand years. The divine year is to be understood as described by human beings.

english translation

trINi varSazatAnyeva SaSTivarSayutAnyapi ॥ divyassaMvatsaro jJeyo mAnuSeNa prakIrtitaH ॥ 10 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript