गृहस्थस्य सदाचारः: शौच, तर্পण, वैश्वदेव, अतिथिधर्म, भोजन-विधि, संध्योपासन, ऋतु-धर्मः
तस्माद् अनुदिते सूर्ये समुत्थाय महीपते उपतिष्ठेन् नरः संध्याम् अस्वपंश् च दिनान्तजाम्
tasmād anudite sūrye samutthāya mahīpate upatiṣṭhen naraḥ saṃdhyām asvapaṃś ca dināntajām
Посему, о царь, прежде восхода солнца человек должен подняться и по уставу совершить поклонение Сандхье на заре; и, не предаваясь сну, надлежит также должным образом исполнить Сандхью в конце дня, при закате.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya; addressing a kingly ideal as 'mahīpate')
This verse presents sandhyā as a daily pillar of dharma—performed both before sunrise and at day’s end—linking personal discipline with the maintenance of cosmic and social order.
By insisting on rising before sunrise and not succumbing to sleep at evening time, Parāśara frames kingship and upright living as grounded in self-mastery and faithful performance of obligatory rites.
Though Vishnu is not named in the line, the Vishnu Purana’s dharma-teaching assumes that orderly conduct and prescribed worship ultimately uphold the sovereignty of the Supreme Reality (Vishnu) who sustains the world through dharma.