Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
शुनोच्छिष्टं भवेद्गात्रं पुनः स्नानेन शुध्यति । नोत्पाटयेल्लोमनखं दशनेन कदाचन
śunocchiṣṭaṃ bhavedgātraṃ punaḥ snānena śudhyati | notpāṭayellomanakhaṃ daśanena kadācana
કૂતરાની લાળ શરીરને સ્પર્શે તો દેહ અશુદ્ધ થાય છે અને સ્નાનથી ફરી શુદ્ધ થાય છે. કદી વાળ ઉપાડવા નહીં, અને દાંતથી નખ કાપવા નહીં।
Sūta (deduced: Brāhma Khaṇḍa didactic narration in Dharmāraṇya context)
Scene: At a riverside tīrtha, a pilgrim notices impurity from a stray dog’s touch; he steps aside, performs a second bath, then resumes worship; a teacher-like elder gestures ‘do not bite nails’ as a moral aside.
FAQs
Purity is maintained through prompt cleansing and disciplined personal habits.
No specific tīrtha is referenced; the verse gives universally applicable purity rules.
Purification by bathing after contact with impurity (dog saliva), along with prohibitions on certain unhygienic behaviors.
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