Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
एतदक्षरमेनां च जपेद्व्याहृतिपूर्विकाम् । संध्ययोर्वेदविद्विप्रो वेदपुण्येन युज्यते
etadakṣaramenāṃ ca japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām | saṃdhyayorvedavidvipro vedapuṇyena yujyate
বেদবিদ্ বিপ্ৰই ব্যাহৃতি-পূৰ্বক এই অক্ষৰ (ওঁ) আৰু এই (গায়ত্ৰী) জপ কৰিব লাগে। দুয়ো সন্ধ্যাত কৰিলে, বেদজনিত পুণ্য লাভ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two-panel diptych: at sunrise and sunset, the same brāhmaṇa performs sandhyā by the river; vyāhṛtis appear as three glowing steps leading to Oṃ and then to the Gāyatrī mantra as a radiant garland.
FAQs
Regular sandhyā practice with the proper Vedic components is a direct means to accrue Veda-born merit and inner purification.
The teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, underscoring Kāśī as a seat of Vedic dharma.
At both dawn and dusk (two sandhyās), recite Oṃ and Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛtis as the preface.