Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
आपातमाचरेच्छौचं भावदुष्टो न शुद्धिभाक् । आर्द्रधात्रीफलोन्माना मृदः शौचे प्रकीर्तिताः
āpātamācarecchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śuddhibhāk | ārdradhātrīphalonmānā mṛdaḥ śauce prakīrtitāḥ
تُؤدَّى الطهارة بحسب ما تقتضيه الحال؛ غير أنّ من فسد باطنُه لا ينال طهارةً حقيقية. وقد ذُكر أن مقدار التراب في التطهير يُقاس بحجم ثمرة الدهاتري الرطبة (الأملكي).
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A pilgrim washes hands with earth and water, while a faint mirrored silhouette shows the ‘inner mind’—pure as light or clouded—illustrating that bhāva determines śuddhi.
FAQs
External cleansing is incomplete without inner integrity; true purity depends on bhāva (right intention).
No site is glorified; the verse emphasizes ethical and ritual standards.
Perform śauca as required; the earth portion is measured by the size of a moist dhātrī (amalakī) fruit.