Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
शयनासनयानानि कुणपं स्त्रीमुखं कुशाः । यज्ञपात्राणि सर्वाणि न दुष्यंति बुधाः क्वचित्
śayanāsanayānāni kuṇapaṃ strīmukhaṃ kuśāḥ | yajñapātrāṇi sarvāṇi na duṣyaṃti budhāḥ kvacit
શયન, આસન અને વાહનો; શવ; સ્ત્રીનું મુખ; કુશા; તથા યજ્ઞનાં સર્વ પાત્રો—આમાંથી કશું જ વિદ્વાનોના મતમાં ક્યારેય (ધર્માર્થ) અશુદ્ધ થતું નથી.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: A ritual inventory tableau: kuśa bundles, yajña vessels, a simple bed and seat, and a chariot-like conveyance arranged near a sacrificial fire; a learned paṇḍita gestures, explaining that these do not become impure in the relevant dharmic sense.
FAQs
Dharma distinguishes contextual ritual purity from ordinary aversion, affirming certain things as non-defiling for sacred purposes.
The instruction belongs to the Kāśī section (Kāśīkhaṇḍa); no specific tirtha is named in this verse.
It gives a classificatory rule about what is not considered ritually defiling, especially in relation to yajña.