Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 51, Shloka 87
Adhyaya 51 — Yaksha Injunctions: Graha-Children and Female Spirits Causing Domestic and Ritual Disruptions
भ्रश्यन्त्याभिः प्रविष्टाभिः पुरुषार्थात् पृथङ्नराः ।
तासां प्रवेशश्च गृहे संध्यारक्ते ह्यथाम्बरे ॥
bhraśyanty ābhiḥ praviṣṭābhiḥ puruṣārthāt pṛthaṅ-narāḥ / tāsāṃ praveśaś ca gṛhe sandhyā-rakte hy athāmbare
ಅವರು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದಾಗ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಗಳಿಂದ ದೂರ ಸರಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಸಂಧ್ಯಾಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಕಾಶ ಕೆಂಪಾಗುವ ವೇಳೆ ಅವರ ಮನೆಪ್ರವೇಶ ಸಂಭವಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
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FAQs
Sandhyā is a liminal time requiring restraint and worship; negligence at transitions (day/night) is portrayed as opening the door to forces that derail all four puruṣārthas.
Householder ācāra and time-discipline; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological element.
Twilight symbolizes psychological transition; when attention is diffuse, latent tendencies ‘enter’ and redirect life-goals away from dharma and toward confusion.