Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 24
The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows
इत्युच्चार्य प्रणम्येशं प्रसाद्य च पुनः पुनः नक्तां भुञ्जीत देवर्षे तैलक्षारविवर्जितमट्
ityuccārya praṇamyeśaṃ prasādya ca punaḥ punaḥ naktāṃ bhuñjīta devarṣe tailakṣāravivarjitamaṭ
Après avoir ainsi récité, puis s’être prosterné devant le Seigneur et l’avoir apaisé maintes et maintes fois, ô sage divin, on ne doit prendre que le repas du soir, en évitant l’huile et les aliments alcalins.
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FAQs
Devotion is paired with self-regulation: repeated reverence (praṇāma) and disciplined consumption (limited timing and simplified foods) are presented as a practical ethic of restraint that supports spiritual focus.
This is vrata-vidhi (vow procedure) within dharma/ācāra material, ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa. It functions as prescriptive religion rather than cosmological or genealogical narration.
Nakta (restricted eating) symbolizes mastery over appetite and time, while avoiding taila and kṣāra indicates minimizing stimulation and heaviness—external simplification mirroring internal purification.