Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
सादित्यां मध्यमां संध्यां जपेदादित्यसंमुखः । काललोपो न कर्तव्यस्ततः कालं प्रतीक्षयेत्
sādityāṃ madhyamāṃ saṃdhyāṃ japedādityasaṃmukhaḥ | kālalopo na kartavyastataḥ kālaṃ pratīkṣayet
நண்பகல் சூரியசந்த்யையில் சூரியனை நோக்கி ஜபம் செய்ய வேண்டும். உரிய நேரத்தை விடக்கூடாது; ஆகவே சரியான நேரம் வரும் வரை காத்திருந்து சந்த்யாவை ஆற்ற வேண்டும்.
Gaṇas
Tirtha: Kāśī (sandhyā-ācāra within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottama addressed
Scene: A devotee at midday, heat-haze over ghats, standing or seated with añjali and mālā, face turned toward the blazing Sun; a clock-like sense of waiting for the exact sandhyā moment.
FAQs
Dharma is protected by honoring time; punctuality in sacred duties is itself a form of reverence.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; the verse prescribes universal sandhyā conduct.
Midday sandhyā-japa should be done facing the Sun, without skipping or collapsing the proper time-window.