Vamana Purana — Rules of Purity (Shauca), Shloka 28
Rules of Purity (Śauca), Permissible Foods, and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
इत्थं प्रभाते परमं पवित्रं पठेत् स्मरेद्वा शृमुयाच्च भक्त्या दुःस्वप्ननाशो ऽनघ सुप्रभातं भवेच्च सत्यं भगवत्प्रसादात्
itthaṃ prabhāte paramaṃ pavitraṃ paṭhet smaredvā śṛmuyācca bhaktyā duḥsvapnanāśo 'nagha suprabhātaṃ bhavecca satyaṃ bhagavatprasādāt
因此，于黎明之时，当以虔敬诵读、忆念或聆听此最为清净的教诲。无罪者啊，恶梦将被摧灭；凭主（薄伽梵）之恩，真实的吉祥清晨必得成就。
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FAQs
The verse grounds daily well-being in disciplined remembrance (smaraṇa), recitation (paṭhana), and receptive listening (śravaṇa) performed with bhakti—presenting spiritual attention at dawn as a purifier of mind and a remover of fear/inauspiciousness.
This is not a core pañcalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but an ācāra/vrata-oriented passage typical of Purāṇic upadeśa sections appended within tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma instruction.
‘Bad dreams’ symbolize mental impurity and residual impressions (saṃskāra). Dawn-recitation signifies turning consciousness toward the divine at the liminal time (sandhi), when the mind is most pliable—hence the text links inner clarity to ‘Bhagavān’s grace’ rather than mere technique.