Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
पक्वान्नं चापि नो मांसं दीर्घकालं जिजीविषुः । न मूत्रं गोव्रजे कुर्यान्न वल्मीके न भस्मनि
pakvānnaṃ cāpi no māṃsaṃ dīrghakālaṃ jijīviṣuḥ | na mūtraṃ govraje kuryānna valmīke na bhasmani
長寿を願う者は、煮炊きした食を取り、肉を避けよ。牛舎で小便してはならず、蟻塚の上でも、灰の上でもしてはならない。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general purity near go-vraja and sacred residues)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī declines meat offered by a vendor and chooses simple cooked rice; later he respectfully steps away from a cowshed and an anthill near a temple courtyard, seeking a proper secluded place, with ash from a sacred fire visible nearby.
FAQs
Longevity and purity are supported by sāttvika diet and careful hygiene, especially around places considered sacred or life-supporting.
The instruction occurs within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework, emphasizing purity as part of sacred living in Vārāṇasī.
Practical purity rules: avoid meat; avoid urinating in cowsheds, on anthills, or on ashes.