Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
न धारयेदन्यभुक्तं वासश्चो पानहावपि । न भिन्न भाजनेश्नीयान्नासीताग्न्यादि दूषिते
na dhārayedanyabhuktaṃ vāsaśco pānahāvapi | na bhinna bhājaneśnīyānnāsītāgnyādi dūṣite
ಇತರರು ಬಳಸಿದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಪಾದುಕೆಯನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಬಾರದು. ಒಡೆದ ಪಾತ್ರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು; ಅಗ್ನಿ ಮೊದಲಾದವುಗಳಿಂದ ದೂಷಿತವಾದ (ಅಪವಿತ್ರ) ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಾರದು.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī declines borrowed sandals and garments, eats from intact leaf/metal plates, and chooses a clean spot away from soot and refuse to sit for prayer near a ghat-side rest house.
FAQs
External cleanliness and careful avoidance of impurity support inner steadiness for worship and pilgrimage in Kāśī.
No single tīrtha is named; the teaching applies to sacred spaces in Kāśī generally, including temples and ghāṭas.
Practical śauca prescriptions regarding personal belongings, eating vessels, and suitable places to sit.