Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
पुनर्वामकरेणेति पंचधा क्षालयेद्गुदम् । एकैक पादयोर्दद्यात्तिस्रः पाण्योर्मृदस्तथा
punarvāmakareṇeti paṃcadhā kṣālayedgudam | ekaika pādayordadyāttisraḥ pāṇyormṛdastathā
De nouveau, avec la main gauche, qu’on nettoie l’anus cinq fois. Qu’on mette de la terre une fois sur chaque pied, et de même trois portions de terre sur les mains.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A sequential storyboard: five small panels indicating repeated cleansing; then two feet receiving single earth applications; then hands receiving three measured earth portions; emphasis on counting and order.
FAQs
Dharma values precision in practice; purity is maintained through specified, disciplined steps.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a procedural instruction.
Cleanse the anus five times with the left hand; apply earth once to each foot and three portions to the hands.