Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
तास्तु तैर्विबुधैः स्पृष्टाः सुपूताः समवस्थिताः । मुखमेकं परं तासां न स्पृष्टमशुचि स्मृतम्
tāstu tairvibudhaiḥ spṛṣṭāḥ supūtāḥ samavasthitāḥ | mukhamekaṃ paraṃ tāsāṃ na spṛṣṭamaśuci smṛtam
أما أولئك الأمهات من البقر، فلما لمسهنّ الآلهة تطهّرن تطهيرًا تامًّا واستقررن كما كنّ؛ غير أن جزءًا واحدًا منهنّ—وهو الفم—لم يُمسّ، إذ كان مذكورًا أنه غير طاهر.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in the wider framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)
Scene: After the gods’ touch, the cow-mothers stand purified and restored; yet the mouth remains untouched, marked as aśuci—an image of sanctity with a clearly drawn boundary.
FAQs
Purification is nuanced: Purāṇic tradition distinguishes between sacredness and specific ritual-impurity rules.
Prabhāsakṣetra, framed as a place where purity, impurity, and their resolution are authoritatively explained.
A rule-by-example: the gods avoid touching the mouth, indicating a ritual boundary regarding aśauca/impurity.