Shloka 25
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
सनत्कुमारः सनकः सनन्दनः सनातनो ऽप्यासुरिपिङ्गलौ च सप्त स्वराः सप्त रसातलाश्च कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanandanaḥ sanātano 'pyāsuripiṅgalau ca sapta svarāḥ sapta rasātalāśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
May Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana, and Sanātana—and also Asuri and Piṅgala—together with the seven musical notes and the seven Rasātalas (nether regions), all bestow upon me an auspicious morning.
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FAQs
The verse models a Purāṇic practice of aligning one’s day with ṛta (cosmic order): the seeker invokes revered sages and cosmic strata as witnesses and supporters of auspicious conduct, suggesting that daily life should begin with remembrance of higher principles and teachers.
This is not a direct instance of the five hallmark topics (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It functions as stuti/maṅgala (devotional-ritual framing) that can accompany narration, rather than constituting genealogical or cosmological history itself.
The pairing of sages (spiritual knowledge), musical notes (harmonious order), and nether regions (the full vertical cosmos) symbolizes totality: auspiciousness is sought from every level of reality—subtle, aesthetic, and subterranean—integrating the whole cosmos into devotional consciousness.