Shloka 51
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
शिरस्यगस्त्यमास्थाय शयीताथ पुरंदरम् ।
न तु गन्धवतीष्वप्सु स्नायीत न तथा निशि ॥
śirasy agastyam āsthāya śayītātha purandaram | na tu gandhavatīṣv apsu snāyīta na tathā niśi ||
لينمْ واضعًا رأسه (أو وسادته) نحو أغاستيا (جهة الجنوب/نجم أغاستيا)، ثم ليتذكّر ويوقّر بوراندرا (إندرا). غير أنه لا ينبغي أن يغتسل بماء معطّر، ولا أن يغتسل ليلًا.
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FAQs
The verse blends practical restraints (night-bathing avoidance) with sacralizing daily life through remembrance of deities; ordinary routines become carriers of dharmic attentiveness.
Not pancalakṣaṇa material; it is conduct-oriented instruction embedded within purāṇic discourse.
Agastya symbolizes stabilizing, southward order and restraint; invoking Indra (Purandara) suggests protection and sovereignty over the senses—sleep and bathing are framed as spiritually consequential transitions.