The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 46
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 46
Sanskrit Original
तस्माद देवासुराः सर्वे मनवो मानवास्तथा। उपासते तदा युक्ता रात्र्यह्नोर्मध्यमां तनुम।।
tasmād devāsurāḥ sarve manavo mānavāstathā| upāsate tadā yuktā rātryahnormadhyamāṃ tanum||
The manes who considered him like a father were born from him. After creating the manes (Pitrs) the god who sees everything in the universe, abandoned that body also. 47-48a. As soon as that body was cast off by him, it became the dusk ( Sandhya ); hence the day time is for Devas; the night time is for the enemies of Devas. In between them the great Sandhya i.e. the evening twilight is the time for Pitrs. 48b-49. Hence all Devas, Asuras, Sages and the human beings worship with concentration, in the middle period between the night and the day. Thereafter, god Brahma created another body, mainly of Rajas a nature.