Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
प्रदोषे तु पुनः पार्थ श्वेता पाण्डुरमूर्धजा । सुमृता तु दुर्गकान्तारे मातृवत्परिरक्षति
pradoṣe tu punaḥ pārtha śvetā pāṇḍuramūrdhajā | sumṛtā tu durgakāntāre mātṛvatparirakṣati
پھر پرَدوش (شام کے جھٹپٹے) میں، اے پارتھ، وہ سفید ہے اور اس کے بال زرد مائل پھیکے ہیں؛ اگر اسے اچھی طرح یاد کیا جائے تو دشوار بیابانوں میں ماں کی طرح حفاظت کرتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Revā Khaṇḍa narrative instruction)
Listener: Pārtha (vocative in verse)
Scene: At dusk, a pale-white Sandhyā-devī with light, pale hair appears as a maternal guardian at the edge of a forest path; travelers feel sheltered as darkness gathers.
FAQs
Remembrance of Sandhyā at the proper time is portrayed as a living refuge, offering protection amid danger.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse focuses on the protective fruit of pradoṣa Sandhyā remembrance.
Evening (pradoṣa) Sandhyā-dhyāna with a specified form and a stated benefit of protection in peril.