Shloka 21
Matsya Purana — Śiva–Pārvatī Quarrel and Pārvatī’s Resolve for Austerity to Attain Gaurī-hood
*उमोवाच मा सर्वान्दोषदानेन निन्दान्यान्गुणिनो जनान् तवापि दुष्टसंपर्कात् संक्रान्तं सर्वमेव हि //
*umovāca mā sarvāndoṣadānena nindānyānguṇino janān tavāpi duṣṭasaṃparkāt saṃkrāntaṃ sarvameva hi //
Umā said: “Do not, by imputing faults to all, slander other virtuous people. For through association with the wicked, every taint indeed gets transmitted to you as well.”
FAQs
This verse is ethical rather than cosmological; it does not discuss pralaya, but teaches moral causality—impurity can ‘spread’ through bad association.
It advises restraint in speech and discernment in company—key duties for kings and householders, since slander undermines social order and bad company corrupts judgment and conduct.
No direct Vāstu or ritual instruction appears here; the takeaway is a general purity principle: avoid contaminating influences (doṣa-saṅga) in any disciplined practice.