Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95
जले वामकरं कृत्वा या संध्याऽचरिता द्विजैः । वृषली सा परिज्ञेया रक्षोगणमुदा वहा
jale vāmakaraṃ kṛtvā yā saṃdhyā'caritā dvijaiḥ | vṛṣalī sā parijñeyā rakṣogaṇamudā vahā
A prática de Sandhyā realizada pelos duas-vezes-nascidos colocando a mão esquerda na água deve ser conhecida como vṛṣalī (degradada), e faz surgir hostes de rākṣasas.
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (contextual instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A twice-born practitioner at riverbank twilight performs Sandhyā incorrectly with left hand immersed; shadowy rākṣasa-forms gather at the edge of the ritual space as a cautionary tableau, while a teacher-figure gestures correction.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma stresses correct procedure; careless or improper performance is treated as spiritually harmful.
No specific tīrtha is praised; the verse gives procedural cautions within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
Avoid performing Sandhyā with the left hand placed in water—presented as an improper (apacāra) method.