Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 35, Shloka 25
Adhyaya 35 — Madālasa’s Instruction on Purity, Impurity, and Corrective Rites (Śauca and Aśauca)
स्पृष्टानामप्यसंसर्गैर्विरथ्याकर्दमाम्भसाम् ।
पक्वेष्टरचितानाञ्च मेध्यता वायुसङ्गमात् ॥
spṛṣṭānām apy asaṃsargair virathyā-kardamāmbhasām | pakveṣṭa-racitānāñ ca medhyatā vāyu-saṅgamāt ||
स्पर्शित वस्तुओं में भी यदि आगे अशौच का संसर्ग न हो, तथा सड़क के जल और कीचड़ से प्रभावित वस्तुओं में, और शुद्ध भाव से किए गए पके भोजन के प्रबन्ध में भी, वायु के स्पर्श से शुद्धि प्राप्त होती है।
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FAQs
Purity is recoverable: if one prevents further contamination and allows natural purification (airing), everyday items and even food-contexts can return to fitness, supporting sustainable household practice.
Ācāra/dharma instruction.
The emphasis on ‘non-association’ (asaṃsarga) points inward: avoiding further entanglement with defiling tendencies is itself a purifier, and vāyu signifies the subtle current that clears residual traces.