Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 84
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
मर्त्यो दुर्गंधदेहोसौ भावदुष्टो न शुध्यति । तीर्थस्नानैस्तपोभिश्च दुष्टात्मा न च शुध्यति
martyo durgaṃdhadehosau bhāvaduṣṭo na śudhyati | tīrthasnānaistapobhiśca duṣṭātmā na ca śudhyati
যে মর্ত্যের দেহ দুর্গন্ধময় এবং অন্তর্ভাব কলুষিত, সে কখনও শুদ্ধ হয় না। তীর্থস্নান ও তপস্যা করলেও দুষ্টাত্মা শুদ্ধ হয় না।
Unknown (context not provided in the input excerpt; commonly within Padma Purana dialogues such verses occur in Pulastya–Bhīṣma narration, but this cannot be confirmed from the single shloka alone).
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: tirtha
Sandhi Resolution Notes: दुर्गंधदेहोसौ = दुर्गन्धदेहः + असौ; भावदुष्टो = भावदुष्टः; तीर्थस्नानैः = तीर्थ + स्नानैः; तपोभिश्च = तपोभिः + च
FAQs
No. It teaches that external rites like tīrtha-bathing and austerity are ineffective without inner transformation; purity depends on bhāva (one’s intention and disposition).
Moral and spiritual purification is primarily inward: a corrupted intention (bhāvaduṣṭa) prevents true purification even if one performs respected religious practices.
It supports the idea that sincere heart, humility, and ethical conduct are essential; practices like pilgrimage and austerity should be accompanied by inner devotion and reform of character.