Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 172
तावत्संध्या समायाता तत्क्षणाद्भुवनांतरे
tāvatsaṃdhyā samāyātā tatkṣaṇādbhuvanāṃtare
അന്നേരം തന്നെ സന്ധ്യ എത്തി; അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ കഥാപ്രവാഹം മറ്റൊരു ലോകപ്രസംഗത്തിലേക്ക് തിരിഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A twilight wash spreads across the sacred landscape; the sky deepens, birds return, and the narrative ‘turns’ as if a veil shifts between worlds.
FAQs
Sandhyā marks auspicious transition; Purāṇic narratives often signal moral and karmic turning points through sacred times.
No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it functions as a time-and-scene transition within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.
None directly; Sandhyā is traditionally associated with sandhyā-vandana, but it is not prescribed here.