काललोपो न कर्त्तव्यो द्विजेन स्वहितेप्सुना । अर्द्धोदयास्तसमये तस्माद्वज्रोदकं क्षिपेत्
kālalopo na karttavyo dvijena svahitepsunā | arddhodayāstasamaye tasmādvajrodakaṃ kṣipet
لا ينبغي للدِّوِجَةِ الطالبِ لخيرِه أن يُضيّعَ الوقتَ المعيَّن؛ لذلك، عند لحظاتِ نصفِ الشروقِ ونصفِ الغروب، فليُلقِ ماءَ الفَجْرَة (الأرغيا).
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (contextual instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Sandhyā-kāla (Ardhodaya/Astamaya)
Type: ghat
Scene: The Sun is half above the horizon; a devotee offers arghya exactly at the liminal instant, the water shining like a vajra; a clock-like cosmic wheel motif suggests kāla’s authority.
Right action must be joined to right time; punctuality in sacred duties is itself a form of dharma.
This verse is instructional on ritual timing within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa, not a direct tīrtha-panegyric.
Offering vajrodaka (arghya-water) specifically at twilight—at half-rising (dawn) and at sunset.