Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
सन्ध्यां नोपासते यस्तु ब्राह्मणो मन्दबुद्धिमान् । स जीवन्नेव शूद्रः स्यान्मृतः श्वा सम्प्रजायते
sandhyāṃ nopāsate yastu brāhmaṇo mandabuddhimān | sa jīvanneva śūdraḥ syānmṛtaḥ śvā samprajāyate
جو کم فہم برہمن سندھیا کی اُپاسنا نہیں کرتا، وہ جیتے جی شودر کے درجے میں گِر جاتا ہے؛ اور مرنے کے بعد کہا جاتا ہے کہ وہ کتے کی یَونی میں پیدا ہوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced)
Listener: Nṛpa (King) addressed in surrounding context
Scene: A brāhmaṇa neglects Sandhyā at twilight; the sun sets, birds return, and the neglected water-offering and japa are contrasted with a shadowy fall into impurity—didactic, admonitory tableau.
FAQs
Neglect of daily sacred duties is treated as a serious spiritual fall with karmic consequences.
No single tirtha is specified; the passage functions as dharma-śikṣā within the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Maintain Sandhyā worship; do not abandon the daily rite.