Manava Dharmashastra 3.3

3.3

5) iti dvitīyā| prathamasaṃdhyāṃ sūryadarśanaparyantaṃ sāvitrīṃ japaṃstiṣṭhet| āsanādutthāya nivṛttagatirekatra deśe kuryāt| paścimāṃ tu saṃdhyāṃ sāvitrīṃ japansam‍yaṅnakṣatradarśanaparyantamupaviṣṭaḥ syāt| atra ca phalavattvājjapaḥ pradhānaṃ sthānāsane tvaṅge| ‘‘phalavatsannidhāvaphalaṃ tadaṅgam’’ iti nyāyāt| ‘‘saṃdhyayorvedavidvipro vedapuṇyena yujyate|’’ (a0 2 ślo0 78) ‘‘sahasrakṛtvastvabhyasya’’ (a0 2 ślo0 79) iti ca pūrvaṃ japātphalamuktam| medhātithistu sthānāsanayoreva prādhānyamāha| saṃdhyākālaśca muhūrtamātram| tadāha yogiyājñavalkyaḥ—‘‘hrāsavṛddhī tu satataṃ divasānāṃ yathākramam| saṃdhyā muhūrtamātraṃ tu hrāse vṛddhau ca sā smṛtā’’|