Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 26
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
पृथ्वी सगन्धा सरसास्तथाऽपः स्पर्शश्च वायुर्ज्वलनः सतेजाः नभः सशब्दं महता सहैव यच्छन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
pṛthvī sagandhā sarasāstathā'paḥ sparśaśca vāyurjvalanaḥ satejāḥ nabhaḥ saśabdaṃ mahatā sahaiva yacchantu sarve mama suprabhātam
Que la tierra con su fragancia y las aguas con su sabor; que el tacto y el viento; que el fuego con su resplandor; y que el espacio con el sonido—junto con Mahat (el gran principio)—todos me otorguen una mañana auspiciosa.
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FAQs
The verse encourages seeing the ordinary world (elements and sensory qualities) as sacred supports of life. Beginning the day by honoring these fundamentals implies gratitude, restraint, and right use of the senses.
It aligns loosely with sarga-style cosmological vocabulary (elements and Mahat), but it is presented as devotional invocation rather than as a systematic creation account.
By listing element–quality pairs (gandha, rasa, sparśa, tejas, śabda) and adding Mahat, the verse maps the whole perceptible universe—from gross matter to subtle principle—into a single prayer for auspiciousness, implying that spiritual life embraces (and sanctifies) embodied experience.