Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
सादित्यां मध्यमां संध्यां जपेदादित्यसंमुखः । काललोपो न कर्तव्यस्ततः कालं प्रतीक्षयेत्
sādityāṃ madhyamāṃ saṃdhyāṃ japedādityasaṃmukhaḥ | kālalopo na kartavyastataḥ kālaṃ pratīkṣayet
মধ্যাহ্নের সাদিত্যা সন্ধ্যায় সূর্যের সম্মুখে থেকে জপ করবে। সময় লঙ্ঘন করা উচিত নয়; তাই যথাযথ সময়ের অপেক্ষা করে সন্ধ্যা পালন করবে।
Gaṇas
Tirtha: Kāśī (sandhyā-ācāra within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottama addressed
Scene: A devotee at midday, heat-haze over ghats, standing or seated with añjali and mālā, face turned toward the blazing Sun; a clock-like sense of waiting for the exact sandhyā moment.
FAQs
Dharma is protected by honoring time; punctuality in sacred duties is itself a form of reverence.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; the verse prescribes universal sandhyā conduct.
Midday sandhyā-japa should be done facing the Sun, without skipping or collapsing the proper time-window.