Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
चितिकाष्ठं तु वै स्पृष्ट्वा यज्ञयूपं तथैव च । वेदविक्रयिणं स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानमेव विधीयते
citikāṣṭhaṃ tu vai spṛṣṭvā yajñayūpaṃ tathaiva ca | vedavikrayiṇaṃ spṛṣṭvā snānameva vidhīyate
Setelah menyentuh kayu tumpukan pembakaran jenazah, demikian pula tiang kurban (yajñayūpa), dan setelah menyentuh orang yang memperjualbelikan Weda, hanya mandi penyucianlah yang ditetapkan.
Skanda (as narrator of Prabhāsa-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three vignettes culminating in purification: (1) accidental touch of cremation pyre wood, (2) touch of a sacrificial post, (3) encounter with a Veda-seller; the devotee then bathes in tīrtha waters, emerging purified.
FAQs
Maintain ritual purity and protect sacred knowledge from commodification; purification rites restore dharmic order.
Given within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s tīrtha framework, where snāna functions as a key purifier.
Snāna (bathing) is prescribed after touching pyre-wood, a yajña-post, or a person who sells the Veda.