Shloka 47
Rules of Purity (Shauca) — 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
નગ્ન થઈને સ્નાન ન કરવું અને કદી પણ નગ્ન થઈને શયન ન કરવું; દિગ્વાસ (અल्पવસ્ત્ર) બનીને તેમ ફરવું પણ માન્ય નથી. ભિન્ન/દૂષિત આસન, વાસણ વગેરેને દૂરથી ટાળવા.
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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.