Vayu Purana · Verses 16-2

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ata ūddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śaucācārasya lakṣaṇam/
yadanuṣṭhāya śuddhātmā pretya svargaṃ hi cāpnuyāt

udakārthī tu śaucānāṃ munīnāmuttamaṃ padam /
yastu teṣvapramattaḥ syāt sa munirnnāvasīdati

mānāvamānau dvovetau tāvevāhurviṣāmṛte /
avamānaṃ viṣaṃ tatra mānantvamṛtamucyate

yastu teṣvapramattaḥ syāt sa munirnnāvasīdati /
guroḥ priyahite yuktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaraṃ vaset

niyameṣvapramattastu yameṣu ca sadā bhavet /
prāpyānujñāntataścaiva jñānāgamanamuttamam/
avirodhena dharmasya vicaret pṛthivīmimām

cakṣuḥ pūtaṃ vrajenmārgaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet/
satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīmiti dharmānuśāsanam

ātithyaṃ śrāddhayajñeṣu na gacchedyogavit vkacit/
evaṃ hyahiṃsako yogī bhavediti vicāraṇā

vahnau vidhūme vyaṅgāre sarvṛsmin bhuktavajjane/
vicarenmatimān yogī na tu teṣveva nityaśaḥ

yathaivamavamanyante yathā paribhavanti ca/
yuktastathā caredbhaikṣaṃ satāṃ dharmamadūṣayan

bhaikṣaṃ caredgṛhastheṣu yathācāragṛheṣu ca/
śreṣṭhā tu paramā ceyaṃ vṛttirasyopadiśyate

ata ūrddhvaṃ gṛhastheṣu śālīneṣu cared‌dvijaḥ/
śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu

ata ūrddhvaṃ punaścāpi aduṣṭapatiteṣu ca/
bhaikṣacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttirucyate

bhaikṣaṃ yavāgūṃ takraṃ vā payo yāvakameva ca/
phaḻamūlaṃ vipavkaṃ vā piṇyākaṃ śaktitopi vā

ityete vai mayā proktā yogināṃ siddhivarddhanāḥ/
āhārāsteṣu siddheṣu śreṣṭhaṃ bhaikṣamiti smṛtam

abbinduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māse māse samaśnute/
nyāyato yastu bhikṣeta sa pūrvoktādviśiṣyate

yogināṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam /
ekaṃ dve trīṇi catvāri śaktito vā samācaret

asteyaṃ brahmacaryañca alobhastyāga eva ca/
vratāni caiva bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsā paramārthitā

akrodho guruśuśrūṣā śaucamāhāralāghavam/
nityaṃsvādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

bīcayonirguṇavapurbaddhaḥ karmabhireva ca/
yathā dvipa ivāraṇye manuṣyāṇāṃ vidhīyate

prāpyate vācirādevāṅkuśeneva nivāritaḥ/
evaṃ jñānena śuddhena dagdhabīco hyakalmaṣaḥ/
vimuktabandhaḥ śānto'sau mukta ityabhidhīyate

vedaistutyā sarvayajñakriyāstu yajñe japyaṃ jñānināmāhuragrayam/
jñānāddhayānaṃ saṅgarāgavyapetaṃ tasmin prāpte śāśvatasyopalabdhiḥ

damaḥ śamaḥ satyamakalmaṣatvaṃ maunaṃ ca bhūteṣvakhileṣvathārjjavam/
atīndriyajñānamidaṃ tathārjjavaṃ prāhustathā jñānaviśuddhasattvāḥ

samāhito brahmaparo'pramādī śucistathaivātmaratirjītendriyaḥ/
samāpnuyuryogamimaṃ mahādhiyo maharṣayaścaivamaninditāmalāḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyu prokte śaucācāralakṣaṇaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ