Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
अनयोर्हिफलं ग्राह्यं सारता नात्र काचन । अर्धदेही च मनुजस्त्वसंस्पृश्यः सतांमतः
anayorhiphalaṃ grāhyaṃ sāratā nātra kācana | ardhadehī ca manujastvasaṃspṛśyaḥ satāṃmataḥ
Aus diesen beiden lässt sich nur die „äußere Frucht“ nehmen—ein wahres Wesen ist hier keines. Und ein „halb-leibiger“ Mann gilt nach dem Urteil der Guten als einer, den man nicht berühren soll (also im Ritus und in der gesellschaftlichen Sitte zu meiden).
Same narrator (duplicate verse as provided) within Sūta’s discourse (deduced)
Scene: A scribe’s palm-leaf manuscript scene: the same line appears twice, while a teacher points to it, indicating ‘repeat for emphasis’; in the background, a ritual boundary at a tīrtha is shown symbolically.
FAQs
Dharma is evaluated by inner completeness and right conduct, not merely by superficial outcomes.
None is named in this verse.
An implicit rule of avoidance (asaṃspṛśyatā) concerning the ‘ardhadehī’.