Shloka 136
Tīrtha-yātrā: Phalaśruti and Sacred Geography from Lohitya to Prayāga
Pulastya’s Instruction
कार्तिकेयश्व भगवांस्त्रिसंध्यं किल भारत । सांनिध्यमकरोमज्नित्यं भार्गवप्रियकाम्यया,भारत! शुक्राचार्यजीका प्रिय करनेके लिये भगवान् कार्तिकेय भी वहाँ सदा तीनों संध्याओंके समय उपस्थित रहते हैं
Kārtikeyaś ca bhagavāṁs trisandhyaṁ kila Bhārata | sānnidhyam akarod nityaṁ Bhārgava-priya-kāmyayā ||
Sinabi ni Ghūlastya: “O Bhārata, sinasabi na ang pinagpalang Panginoong Kārtikeya ay di nagkukulang na dumalo roon sa tatlong sandhyā—sa tatlong oras ng dapithapon at bukang-liwayway—araw-araw. Ginawa niya iyon nang palagian, sa pagnanais na bigyang-lugod ang Bhārgava (Śukrācārya).”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a mighty deity is portrayed as honoring disciplined daily practice and showing humility toward a revered teacher; pleasing and respecting one’s guru/elder through consistent right conduct is upheld as dharmic.
The speaker reports that Kārtikeya regularly attended at the three daily sandhyā times, doing so continually with the intention of pleasing the Bhārgava—understood here as Śukrācārya.