Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 82, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
भ्रुवौ च सन्ध्ययोस्तेजः श्रवणावनिलस्य च ।
अन्येषां चैव देवानां सम्भवस्तेजसां शिवा ॥
bhruvau ca sandhyayos tejaḥ śravaṇāv anilasya ca |
anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ sambhavas tejasāṃ śivā ||
Her eyebrows were from the radiance of the Twilights (Sandhyās), and her ears from the Wind’s (Vāyu’s) radiance. Thus, O auspicious one, from the radiances of the other gods too (her remaining features) came into being.
FAQs
Order at the ‘junctions’ (sandhyā—times of transition) and the life-breath (vāyu) are sanctified as divine contributions; dharma is preserved by honoring liminal disciplines (sandhyā-vandana ethos) and the regulation of prāṇa (steadiness and restraint).
Again, this is best read as dharma-protecting devatā-carita (divine episode) embedded within the Purāṇic narrative rather than one of the five structural markers like manvantara or vaṃśa lists.
Sandhyā signifies liminality where spiritual practice is potent; eyebrows frame vision (attention/saṅkalpa), while ears from Vāyu suggest revelation and mantra are ‘carried’ by breath—linking perception and prāṇa to śakti.