Shloka 21
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
न लङ्घयेत्पुरीषासृक्ष्ठीवनोद्वर्त्तनानि च गृहादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रे पादाम्भांसि क्षिपेद् बहिः
na laṅghayetpurīṣāsṛkṣṭhīvanodvarttanāni ca gṛhāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtre pādāmbhāṃsi kṣiped bahiḥ
لا ينبغي أن يطأ المرء أو يتخطّى الغائط أو الدم أو البصاق أو المسحوق/المرهم الذي يُفرك به الجسد. ومن البيت تُلقى إلى الخارج البقايا، والغائط والبول، وماء غسل القدمين.
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FAQs
External cleanliness is treated as a support for inner discipline: avoiding contact with impure substances and maintaining a clean dwelling cultivates mindfulness, restraint, and respect for ritual order.
This is not pañcalakṣaṇa narrative material (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita) but an ancillary dharma-śāstra style passage on ācāra within the Purāṇa.
‘Not stepping over’ impurities symbolizes not normalizing moral/ritual disorder; removing waste-water and remnants outside marks the boundary between the ordered domestic space (gṛha) and the impure discard-zone.