Shloka 124
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
उत्तरे पश्चिमे चैव न स्वपेद्धि कदाचन । स्वप्नादायुः क्षयं याति ब्रह्महा पुरुषो भवेत्
uttare paścime caiva na svapeddhi kadācana | svapnādāyuḥ kṣayaṃ yāti brahmahā puruṣo bhavet
سر کو شمال یا مغرب کی طرف رکھ کر کبھی نہ سوئے۔ ایسے سونے سے عمر گھٹتی ہے، اور آدمی پر برہمن کشی کے گناہ کا وبال بھی آ سکتا ہے۔
Unspecified (narratorial/instructional voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: स्वपेद्धि = स्वपेत् + हि (त् + ह् → द्ध्); स्वप्नादायुः = स्वप्नात् + आयुः (त् + आ → दा); स्यान्न/भवेद् प्रकारेण अन्त्यव्यञ्जन-सन्धिः
FAQs
It prohibits sleeping oriented toward the north or the west (i.e., with one’s head in those directions), presenting it as a rule of proper conduct.
It states that such sleep leads to a decline of lifespan, and it hyperbolically warns that one may incur grave sin, likened to brahma-hatyā (the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa).
The verse emphasizes disciplined daily habits (ācāra) as part of dharma, teaching that seemingly small actions are treated as spiritually consequential in Purāṇic moral instruction.