Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
तावत्प्रातर्जपंस्तिष्ठेद्यावदर्धोदयो रवेः । आसनस्थो जपेन्मौनी प्रत्यगातारकोदयात्
tāvatprātarjapaṃstiṣṭhedyāvadardhodayo raveḥ | āsanastho japenmaunī pratyagātārakodayāt
ਸਵੇਰੇ ਜਪ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਤਨਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਟਿਕੇ ਜਦ ਤੱਕ ਸੂਰਜ ਅੱਧਾ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਨ ਆਵੇ। ਯੋਗ ਆਸਨ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੈਠ ਕੇ, ਮੌਨ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ, ਪ੍ਰਾਤਹਕਾਲੀ ਤਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਉਗਣ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਲੰਘਣ ਤੱਕ ਜਪ ਕਰੇ।
Gaṇas
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottama addressed
Scene: A practitioner seated on a kuśa mat at a Kāśī ghat in predawn light, mala in hand, lips closed in mauna, as the sun rises to half-height; a faint morning star fading in the sky.
FAQs
Spiritual practice is strengthened by precision—timely japa, posture, and silence cultivate steadiness and purity.
The broader discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa; the verse itself gives general sandhyā discipline.
Morning japa: continue until the sun is half-risen; perform seated, in silence, observing the prescribed time-window.