Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
आपातमाचरेच्छौचं भावदुष्टो न शुद्धिभाक् । आर्द्रधात्रीफलोन्माना मृदः शौचे प्रकीर्तिताः
āpātamācarecchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śuddhibhāk | ārdradhātrīphalonmānā mṛdaḥ śauce prakīrtitāḥ
অৱস্থাৰ অনুৰূপে শৌচ আচৰণ কৰিব; কিন্তু অন্তৰৰ ভাব দুষিত হলে সঁচা শুদ্ধি লাভ নহয়। শৌচত মাটিৰ পৰিমাণ আর্দ্ৰ ধাত্ৰীফল (আমলখি)ৰ আকাৰ অনুসাৰে কোৱা হৈছে।
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.