Shloka 12
सदाचार-नियमाः: शील, संयम, संग-निषेध, शुचिता, वाणी-नीति, परोपकारः
नग्नां परस्त्रियं चैव सूर्यं चास्तमनोदये न हुंकुर्याच् छवं चैव शवगन्धो हि सोमजः
nagnāṃ parastriyaṃ caiva sūryaṃ cāstamanodaye na huṃkuryāc chavaṃ caiva śavagandho hi somajaḥ
நிர்வாணமானவர், பிறனுடைய மனைவி, மேலும் சூரியன் உதயம்-அஸ்தமன நேரங்களில் அவமதிப்பான ‘ஹும்’ ஒலி எழுப்பக் கூடாது; சடலத்தின் அருகிலும் கூடாது, ஏனெனில் சோமஜன் (சந்திரன்) சடல நாற்றின் தோஷம் உடையவன் எனச் சொல்லப்படுகிறது।
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse treats sunrise and sunset as sacred thresholds (sandhyā) where reverence and restraint—especially in speech—protect purity and align a person with cosmic order.
He frames dharma as lived discipline: controlling speech and behavior in sensitive contexts (women’s honor, sacred times, and death-related impurity) so that inner restraint supports outer ritual purity.
Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the teaching reflects Vaishnava dharma: maintaining purity and self-control sustains ṛta (universal order), which the Purāṇa presents as ultimately governed and upheld by the Supreme Reality, Vishnu.