Shiva Purana

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सूर्योदयात्तु प्रथमं यदा स्यादरुणोदयः ॥ प्रातस्संध्या तदोदेति देवानां प्रीतिकारिणी ॥ ११ ॥

Before the sunrise, when the day breaks, the period is called Prātaḥsandhyā. It delights the Gods.

english translation

sUryodayAttu prathamaM yadA syAdaruNodayaH ॥ prAtassaMdhyA tadodeti devAnAM prItikAriNI ॥ 11 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अस्तं गते ततः सूर्य्ये शोणपद्मनिभे सदा ॥ उदेति सायं संध्यापि पितॄणां मोदकारिणी ॥१२॥

When the sun has set and assumed the hue of a red lotus, the period of Sāyaṃsandhyā sets in. It is delightful to the manes.

english translation

astaM gate tataH sUryye zoNapadmanibhe sadA ॥ udeti sAyaM saMdhyApi pitRRNAM modakAriNI ॥12॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तस्याः प्राणास्तु मनसा शंभुनाथ दयालुना ॥ दिव्येन तु शरीरेण चक्रिरे हि शरीरिणः ॥१३॥

Śiva the merciful, created embodied beings with her vital airs, mind and the divine body.

english translation

tasyAH prANAstu manasA zaMbhunAtha dayAlunA ॥ divyena tu zarIreNa cakrire hi zarIriNaH ॥13॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मुनेर्यज्ञावसाने तु संप्राप्ते मुनिना तु सा ॥ प्राप्ता पुत्री वह्निमध्ये तप्तकांचनसुप्रभा ॥ १४ ॥

At the end of the sacrifice, the sage found his daughter in the sacrificial pit shining lustrously like heated gold.

english translation

muneryajJAvasAne tu saMprApte muninA tu sA ॥ prAptA putrI vahnimadhye taptakAMcanasuprabhA ॥ 14 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तां जग्राह तदा पुत्रीं मुनुरामोदसंयुतः ॥ यज्ञार्थं तान्तु संस्नाप्य निजक्रोडे दधौ मुने ॥ १५ ॥

With very great delight the sage took up the daughter, O sage, as though she were a sacrificial article. He bathed her and kept her on his lap.

english translation

tAM jagrAha tadA putrIM munurAmodasaMyutaH ॥ yajJArthaM tAntu saMsnApya nijakroDe dadhau mune ॥ 15 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript