[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 124.85 # Matsyapurana 124.85 Matsyapurāṇa 124.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [124.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.85) tasmātsaṃdhyeti tāmāhur uṣāvyuṣṭairyathāntaram uṣā rātriḥ smṛtā viprair vyuṣṭiścāpi ahaḥ smṛtam // > The verb (लोक) lôka means to see; alôka (अलोक) is opposite of lôka. The sun in his journey creates this lôka (light) and alôka (darkness); hence this time is called sandhyâ (joining light and darkness), \*i.e.\*, twilight. Uṣâ is the night and Vyûṣṭi is the day according to the wise.—84-85. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 124.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.84) - [Next: 124.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.86) - [Up: 124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.124.p33) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.85) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.108) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.161) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.85) · Pramāṇa