Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
यदह्ना कुरुते पापं मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । आसीनः पश्चिमां संध्यां प्राणायामैर्व्यपोहति । पश्चिमां तु समासीनो मलं हंति दिवाकृतम्
yadahnā kurute pāpaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | āsīnaḥ paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ prāṇāyāmairvyapohati | paścimāṃ tu samāsīno malaṃ haṃti divākṛtam
ಹಗಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮನಸ್ಸು, ವಾಣಿ ಮತ್ತು ದೇಹಕರ್ಮಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಸಂಧ್ಯಾಕಾಲದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಸಂಧ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸನಸ್ಥನಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾಮಗಳಿಂದ ನಿವಾರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಸಂಧ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಾಸೀನನಾಗಿ ದಿನಕೃತ ಮಲಿನತೆಯನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa narrative voice; ritual instruction)
Scene: A dvija seated at dusk on a riverbank or courtyard kuśa-seat, facing the reddening western horizon, performing prāṇāyāma and sandhyā; subtle depiction of impurities dissolving with the breath.
FAQs
Evening sandhyā with prāṇāyāma is taught as a daily cleansing of daytime moral impurities.
No specific location is praised; the verse focuses on obligatory daily rites.
At evening twilight, sit and perform prāṇāyāma to remove sins and impurities accrued during the day.