Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 82
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
विधर्मिणो 'ह्नि पूर्वाख्ये सन्ध्याकाले च षण्डकाः ।
क्षुरकर्मणि वान्ते च स्त्रीसम्भोगे च पुत्रक ॥
vidharmiṇo 'hni pūrvākhye sandhyākāle ca ṣaṇḍakāḥ / kṣurakarmaṇi vānte ca strīsambhoge ca putraka
दिन में (जैसा पहले कहा गया) और संध्या-काल में सहवास करने से ‘विधर्मी’ (धर्म से विचलित) संतान उत्पन्न होती है—ऐसा कहा गया है। और मुंडन/क्षौर से सम्बद्ध, वमन के बाद, तथा अन्य अनुचित अवस्थाओं में सहवास करने से ‘षण्ढक’ (नपुंसक-स्वभाव) संतान होती है, प्रिय बालक।
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FAQs
Twilight (sandhyā) is reserved for prayer and restraint; the text warns that violating sacred temporal boundaries and bodily-impurity boundaries leads to undesirable outcomes, reinforcing discipline and reverence.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is normative ācāra material.
Sandhyā symbolizes threshold-states; engaging sense-pleasure at thresholds is portrayed as destabilizing, whereas aligning thresholds with worship stabilizes mind and lineage.