Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41
वामेन पाणिना शिश्नं धृत्वोत्तिष्ठेत्प्रयत्नवान् । अथो मृदं समादद्याज्जंतुकर्क्करवर्जिताम्
vāmena pāṇinā śiśnaṃ dhṛtvottiṣṭhetprayatnavān | atho mṛdaṃ samādadyājjaṃtukarkkaravarjitām
বাম হাতে লিঙ্গ ধারণ করে যত্নবান ব্যক্তি উঠবে। তারপর শৌচশুদ্ধির জন্য কীটপতঙ্গ ও কঙ্করবর্জিত মাটি গ্রহণ করবে।
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: Close, instructional vignette: a person rising carefully, left hand positioned per rule, right hand free; nearby a small patch of clean earth contrasted with a pebbly/insect-filled patch to show selection criteria.
FAQs
Purity is achieved through disciplined, careful practice, using appropriate means (clean earth) without causing harm to living beings.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a general dharma instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
Use the left hand for holding; for cleansing, take earth that is free from insects and pebbles.