Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
न तिष्ठन्नाप्सु नो विप्र गो वह्न्यनिल संमुखः । न फालकृष्टे भूभागे न रथ्यासेव्यभूतले
na tiṣṭhannāpsu no vipra go vahnyanila saṃmukhaḥ | na phālakṛṣṭe bhūbhāge na rathyāsevyabhūtale
હે વિપ્ર, પાણીમાં ઊભા રહીને નહીં, ગાય, અગ્નિ અથવા પવનની સામે નહીં; હળથી તાજી જોતેલી જમીન પર નહીં, અને રસ્તા કે લોકો આવતાં-જતાં હોય તેવા સ્થાને પણ તે કર્મ ન કરવું।
Skanda
Listener: vipra (addressed)
Scene: A teacher-like figure gestures ‘no’ as a pilgrim considers improper places: water’s edge, a cow nearby, a sacred fire, a windy open field, a freshly ploughed furrow, and a busy road—each shown as a small cautionary vignette.
FAQs
Purity is tied to reverence: avoid disrespecting sacred elements (cow, fire) and avoid contaminating shared or cultivated spaces.
No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse gives general dharmic prohibitions within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.
Do not perform the act in water, facing cow/fire/wind, on freshly ploughed land, or on roads and commonly used ground.
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