Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
स्पृष्ट्वा स्वदेहस्रोतांसि मृत्तोयैः शोध्यते करः । तथाप्यशुचिभांडस्य न विरज्यति किं नरः
spṛṣṭvā svadehasrotāṃsi mṛttoyaiḥ śodhyate karaḥ | tathāpyaśucibhāṃḍasya na virajyati kiṃ naraḥ
After touching the outlets of his own body, a man cleanses his hand with earth and water; yet how does he not grow dispassionate toward this impure vessel—the body?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim washes hands with earth and water at a riverbank; beside him a sage gestures toward the body, prompting reflection. In the background, a small Śiva shrine and a calm river indicate the bridge from ritual to realization.
FAQs
Daily acts of washing should remind one of the body’s impurity and inspire detachment and inner reform.
No particular tīrtha is named; the teaching is ethical and contemplative rather than geographical.
Cleansing (śauca) with earth and water after contact with bodily outlets is referenced as a conventional practice.