Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
यस्य धर्मार्थमप्यर्थास्तस्यापि न हि दृश्यते । प्रक्षालनाद्धि पंकस्य दूरादस्पर्शनं वरम्
yasya dharmārthamapyarthāstasyāpi na hi dṛśyate | prakṣālanāddhi paṃkasya dūrādasparśanaṃ varam
Selbst bei dem, der sagt, Reichtum diene dem Dharma, ist keine Sicherheit zu sehen. Besser als Schlamm abzuwaschen ist es, ihn von fern nicht zu berühren.
Kaśyapa (continuing the discourse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher shows two paths: one person steps into mud then washes; another walks around it untouched. The mud is labeled ‘artha’ and the clean path ‘dharma/śreyas’. Coastal Prabhāsa and pilgrims frame the moral tableau.
FAQs
Good intentions do not remove the spiritual risk of attachment; avoidance is safer than later purification.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharmic discernment is taught as part of its Māhātmya.
No explicit ritual; it uses a purity analogy to recommend preemptive restraint.