Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
गोष्ठाग्निजलरथ्यासु तरुच्छायानगेषु च । त्यजंति ये पुरीषाद्यमारामायतनेषु च
goṣṭhāgnijalarathyāsu tarucchāyānageṣu ca | tyajaṃti ye purīṣādyamārāmāyataneṣu ca
যিসকলে গোষ্ঠত, অগ্নিৰ ওচৰত, পানীত, পথত, গছৰ ছাঁত, পৰ্ব্বতত, আৰু উদ্যান তথা মন্দিৰ-প্ৰাঙ্গণত মল-মূত্ৰ আদি ত্যাগ কৰে—তেনে লোক অশুচিতা আৰু পাপৰ বাবে নিন্দিত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: General tīrtha-śauca (not a named site)
Type: ghat
Scene: A tīrtha landscape with river steps, temple courtyard, shaded rest trees, and a mountain path; attendants guide pilgrims toward proper latrine areas away from sacred zones; the impure act is shown as a cautionary vignette.
FAQs
External cleanliness supports inner purity; defiling sacred and public spaces is a dharmic offense.
No single site is named; the verse protects all tīrthas, temples, and public ways through purity discipline.
Maintain śauca by avoiding defilement of waters, roads, gardens, and temple areas.