Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
निमेषोऽहं मुहूर्तश्च त्वं कला सिद्धिरेव च । अहं तेजोऽधिकः सूर्यस्त्वं तु संध्या प्रकीर्त्त्यसे
nimeṣo'haṃ muhūrtaśca tvaṃ kalā siddhireva ca | ahaṃ tejo'dhikaḥ sūryastvaṃ tu saṃdhyā prakīrttyase
میں نِمیش (پلک جھپکنے کا لمحہ) اور مُہورت ہوں؛ تُو کَلا اور خود سِدھی ہے۔ میں نور میں برتر سورج ہوں؛ اور تُو سندھیا کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic clock motif: tiny blink (nimeṣa) and muhūrta represented as rhythmic petals; the Sun deity blazing at center; the Goddess as saṃdhyā—rosy twilight band at the horizon over the sea, holding a lamp and arghya vessel; ‘siddhi’ symbolized by a radiant yantra or boon-giving gesture.
FAQs
Time and its sacred junctures are divine; honoring saṃdhyā aligns the practitioner with siddhi and cosmic order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even temporal units and twilight are treated as sacred manifestations.
Implicitly elevates saṃdhyā (dawn/dusk) as a worship-worthy juncture—supporting sandhyā-vandana style observance.