Vamana Purana — Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu, Shloka 93

The Sarasvata Hymn to Vishnu (Vishnu-Pañjara) and the Redemption of a Rakshasa

Devanagari script

यन्निशायां च यत्प्रातर्यन्मध्याह्नापराह्णयोः संध्ययोश्च कृतं पापं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा

Transliteration

yanniśāyāṃ ca yatprātaryanmadhyāhnāparāhṇayoḥ saṃdhyayośca kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā

Translation

Whatever sin has been committed—by deed, by mind, or by speech—at night, at dawn, at midday, in the afternoon, and at the two twilight junctions (morning and evening),

Speakers

• (Contextual) A devotional/prāyaścitta formula taught within the tīrtha-māhātmya narration (traditional frame in Vāmana Purāṇa often: Pulastya to Nārada).

Primary Deities

• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)

Key Themes

• Prāyaścitta (atonement)
• Mano-vāk-kāya (threefold conduct)
• Sanctity of saṃdhyā times
• Bhakti as purification