Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 47
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
न च स्नायीत वै नग्नो न शयीत कदाचन दिग्वाससो ऽपि न तथा परिभ्रमणमिष्यते/ भिन्नासनभाजनादीन् दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
na ca snāyīta vai nagno na śayīta kadācana digvāsaso 'pi na tathā paribhramaṇamiṣyate/ bhinnāsanabhājanādīn dūrataḥ parivarjayet
One should not bathe naked, and one should never sleep naked. Even if one is clad only in the directions (i.e., scantily clothed), roaming about in that manner is not approved. One should keep away from a distance from separate or tainted seats, vessels, and the like.
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FAQs
The instruction emphasizes modesty and disciplined comportment as supports for inner purity; bodily exposure and careless roaming are treated as undermining dignity and social trust.
As with many Purāṇas, this is an ācāra passage outside the pancalakṣaṇa narrative framework; it is prescriptive dharma material rather than cosmology or dynastic history.
Nakedness here functions as a symbol of unguarded senses; the verse advocates ‘covering’ the self with dharma—regulated habits that prevent moral and social disorder.