Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो भगवान्दिननायकः । अस्ताचलं जपापुष्पसन्निभो द्विजसत्तमाः
etasminnaṃtare prāpto bhagavāndinanāyakaḥ | astācalaṃ japāpuṣpasannibho dvijasattamāḥ
Sementara itu, wahai yang terbaik di antara para brahmana, Bhagavān sang penguasa siang—Surya—mendekati gunung barat untuk terbenam, bercahaya merah laksana bunga kembang sepatu.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Pitṛkūpikā (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: (sages; implied)
Scene: The sun, red like a hibiscus (japā), descends toward the western mountain; the landscape near the sacred well is bathed in crimson-gold twilight, suggesting the onset of sandhyā rites.
FAQs
Cosmic rhythms (sunset and sandhyā) sanctify action and place, preparing the ground for dharmic observance and revelation.
The scene continues at Pitṛkūpikā, the ancestor-well tīrtha introduced just before.
Implicitly signals sandhyā-time (evening) appropriateness for prescribed observances, elaborated in the next verse.