Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94
विधिनापि कृता संध्या कालातीता ऽफला भवेत् । अयमेव हि दृष्टांतो वंध्यास्त्रीमैथुनं यथा
vidhināpi kṛtā saṃdhyā kālātītā 'phalā bhavet | ayameva hi dṛṣṭāṃto vaṃdhyāstrīmaithunaṃ yathā
سندھیا کی پوجا اگرچہ قاعدے کے مطابق ہی کیوں نہ کی جائے، مگر وقت گزر جانے کے بعد کی جائے تو بے پھل رہتی ہے؛ اس کی مثال یہی ہے—جیسے بانجھ عورت سے ہم بستری۔
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (contextual instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Sandhyā-kāla
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs Sandhyā after the Sun has already set; the sky is dark, the arghya stream falls dull and unlit; beside it, a symbolic barren vine/empty womb motif conveys aphalatā (fruitlessness).
FAQs
Ritual correctness includes timeliness; missing the sacred window undermines the intended spiritual fruit.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse functions as dharma-guidance within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
Perform Sandhyā within its proper time; doing it late is declared ineffective.