Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 50
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
चित्रासु हस्ते श्रवणे च तैलं क्षौरं विशाखास्वभिजित्सुवर्ज्यम् मूले मृगे भाग्रपदासु मांसं योषिन्मघाकृत्तिकयोत्तरासु
citrāsu haste śravaṇe ca tailaṃ kṣauraṃ viśākhāsvabhijitsuvarjyam mūle mṛge bhāgrapadāsu māṃsaṃ yoṣinmaghākṛttikayottarāsu
चित्राहस्तश्रवणेषु तैलाभ्यङ्गं वर्जयेत्; विशाखाभिजित्सु क्षौरं वर्ज्यम्। मूले मृगशीर्षे च भाद्रपदयोर्द्वयोर्मांसं वर्जयेत्; मघाकृत्तिकयोत्तरासु योषित्सङ्गं वर्जयेत्।
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FAQs
Purāṇic dharma often operationalizes restraint through calendrical markers. The ethical thrust is mindfulness: even ordinary acts (food, grooming, sexuality) are to be governed by awareness and moderation.
Ancillary dharma/ācāra material; not a core pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit. Such passages function as practical guidance embedded alongside mythic and genealogical materials.
Nakṣatra-based rules reflect a worldview where microcosm and macrocosm interpenetrate: lunar stations ‘color’ human undertakings. Avoidances serve as ritualized caution, emphasizing auspicious alignment and self-restraint.