Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 34, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 34 — Madālāsā’s Instruction on Sadācāra (Householder Conduct, Purity, and Daily Rites)
कुर्वोत सततं वत्स ! वर्जयेद्वर्ज्यवीरुधः ।
नोदक्शिराः स्वपेज्जातु न चप्रत्यक्शिरा नरः ॥
kurvota satataṃ vatsa! varjayed varjyavīrudhaḥ | nodakśirāḥ svapej jātu na ca pratyakśirā naraḥ ||
اے عزیز بچے، ہمیشہ ایسا ہی کرو؛ جن نباتات سے پرہیز لازم ہے اُن سے بچو۔ آدمی کبھی شمال کی طرف یا مغرب کی طرف سر رکھ کر نہ سوئے۔
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FAQs
Dharma is presented as a continuous practice: right living includes disciplined consumption and orderly habits even in sleep, emphasizing that daily conduct shapes character and clarity.
Ācāra guidance; not part of the five defining purāṇic characteristics.
Directional sleep rules encode a symbolic cosmology: certain orientations are associated with inauspicious currents (ritual and cultural), implying that even rest should harmonize with a perceived sacred order.