आपातमाचरेच्छौचं भावदुष्टो न शुद्धिभाक् । आर्द्रधात्रीफलोन्माना मृदः शौचे प्रकीर्तिताः
āpātamācarecchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śuddhibhāk | ārdradhātrīphalonmānā mṛdaḥ śauce prakīrtitāḥ
Qu’on accomplisse la purification selon ce que requiert la situation; toutefois, celui dont l’intention intérieure est souillée n’obtient pas la pureté véritable. Pour le nettoyage, la quantité de terre est dite être mesurée par la taille d’un fruit de dhātrī humide (amalakī).
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A pilgrim washes hands with earth and water, while a faint mirrored silhouette shows the ‘inner mind’—pure as light or clouded—illustrating that bhāva determines śuddhi.
External cleansing is incomplete without inner integrity; true purity depends on bhāva (right intention).
No site is glorified; the verse emphasizes ethical and ritual standards.
Perform śauca as required; the earth portion is measured by the size of a moist dhātrī (amalakī) fruit.