Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 48, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
सृष्ट्वा पितॄन् उत्ससर्ज तनुं तामपि स प्रभुः ।
सा चोत्सृष्टाभवत् सन्ध्या दिवानक्तान्तरस्थिताः ॥
sṛṣṭvā pitṝn utsasarja tanuṃ tām api sa prabhuḥ |
sā cotsṛṣṭābhavat sandhyā divā-naktāntara-sthitā ||
Matapos likhain ang mga Pitṛ, itinakwil din ng Panginoong iyon ang katawang iyon; nang ito’y pakawalan, ito’y naging Takipsilim, na nasa pagitan ng araw at gabi.
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FAQs
Liminal times (sandhyā) are cosmically significant; this underwrites the dharmic emphasis on sandhyā-vandana and disciplined transitions in daily life.
Sarga: establishment of temporal structures that later become ritual anchors.
Sandhyā symbolizes the threshold state—neither fully sattvic day nor tamasic night—where transformation is easiest; hence it is ritually charged.