Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
देव्युवाच । निष्कामो वा सकामो वा संध्यां स्त्रीसंज्ञितामिमाम् । यत्त्वं नमसि देवेश तन्मे दुःखं प्रजायते
devyuvāca | niṣkāmo vā sakāmo vā saṃdhyāṃ strīsaṃjñitāmimām | yattvaṃ namasi deveśa tanme duḥkhaṃ prajāyate
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവേശാ! നീ നിഷ്കാമനായാലും സകാമനായാലും, സ്ത്രീരൂപിണിയെന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്ന ഈ സന്ധ്യയ്ക്ക് നീ നമസ്കരിക്കുമ്പോൾ എനിക്കു ദുഃഖം ജനിക്കുന്നു.
Pārvatī (Devī)
Tirtha: Sandhyā (personified junction-time)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśa (Śiva)
Scene: Devī speaks with pained dignity, questioning why Śiva bows to Sandhyā personified as a woman; Śiva listens, composed yet concerned.
FAQs
It highlights the tension between symbolic personifications in ritual and personal emotion—inviting clarification of true devotional intent.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader māhātmya discourse on Sandhyā practice.
The act referenced is bowing/saluting during Sandhyā (Sandhyā-vandana), though the verse itself is an objection rather than an instruction.