Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
स्वदेहाशुचिगंधेन न विरज्यति यो नरः । विरागे कारणं तस्य किमन्यदु पदिश्यते
svadehāśucigaṃdhena na virajyati yo naraḥ | virāge kāraṇaṃ tasya kimanyadu padiśyate
បើមនុស្សម្នាក់មិនកើតវិរាគៈសូម្បីតែដោយក្លិនស្អុយនៃអសុចិរបស់រាងកាយខ្លួនឯង តើហេតុអ្វីផ្សេងទៀតសម្រាប់ការផ្តាច់ចិត្ត អាចបង្រៀនដល់គាត់បានទៀត?
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A teacher indicates a person recoiling from the stench of a soiled garment/body, while another remains indifferent—illustrating the rhetorical question: if this doesn’t produce detachment, what will?
FAQs
A basic awareness of bodily impurity should awaken detachment; if it does not, deeper instruction becomes difficult.
None; the emphasis is psychological and ethical rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
No ritual is given; the verse stresses inner response (vairāgya) rather than outward acts.