Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 61
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
प्रातर्निशायां मध्याह्ने सन्ध्ययोश्चापि तत्परौ ।
तयोः कालेन महता स्तूयमानो वृषध्वजः ॥
prātarniśāyāṃ madhyāhne sandhyayoścāpi tatparau / tayoḥ kālena mahatā stūyamāno vṛṣadhvajaḥ
प्रातः, रात्रि, मध्याह्न और संध्याओं में भी, उस उपासना में तत्पर रहकर, दीर्घकाल तक वृषध्वज (शिव) की उन दोनों ने स्तुति की।
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FAQs
Dharma is sustained by regularity: worship aligned with daily temporal junctions (sandhyā) trains steadiness and sanctifies time itself.
Not pancalakṣaṇa; it is practice-oriented narrative illustrating vrata-like perseverance.
The repeated time-points map outer time to inner rhythms; praising Śiva at ‘junctions’ signifies turning consciousness at transitions toward the Absolute.