Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 19
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
यस्यां तिथ्यां प्रस्वपिति विश्वकर्मा प्रजापतिः द्वितीया सा शुभा पुण्या अशून्यशयनोदिता
yasyāṃ tithyāṃ prasvapiti viśvakarmā prajāpatiḥ dvitīyā sā śubhā puṇyā aśūnyaśayanoditā
যে তিথিতে প্রজাপতি বিশ্বকর্মা নিদ্রা করেন, সেই তিথিই শুভ ও পুণ্যদায়িনী দ্বিতীয়া; তা ‘অশূন্যশয়ন’ নামে ঘোষিত।
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FAQs
Merit (puṇya) is pursued by harmonizing personal conduct with sacred time: the tithi is not merely astronomical but a dharmic ‘window’ for vows, restraint, and right intention.
It belongs to Purāṇic dharma-śikṣā (instruction on vows and observances) rather than the five defining topics; it functions as applied religion embedded within Purāṇic narration.
‘Aśūnyaśayana’ (non-empty couch/bed) suggests fullness/auspicious completeness—countering ‘emptiness’ as inauspicious—mapped onto a calendrical observance via the figure of Viśvakarmā as cosmic orderer and maker.