Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
शुद्धं ज्ञेयमसंदिग्धं विस्फोटादिविवर्जितम् । फालशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तां श्रृणु त्वं धनंजय
śuddhaṃ jñeyamasaṃdigdhaṃ visphoṭādivivarjitam | phālaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi tāṃ śrṛṇu tvaṃ dhanaṃjaya
പൊട്ടലുകൾ മുതലായ ദോഷങ്ങൾ ഇല്ലാത്തത് സംശയമില്ലാതെ ശുദ്ധമെന്നു അറിയണം. ഇനി ഞാൻ ഫാലശുദ്ധി (ഉഴവുപാളത്തിന്റെ ശുദ്ധി) വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ ധനഞ്ജയ, നീ കേൾക്കുക.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
Scene: A teacher addresses Dhanañjaya, explaining that purity is known by the absence of blisters; the scene shifts toward a ploughshare ordeal demonstration.
FAQs
Purity is judged by clear outcomes (no injury), and dharma is transmitted through attentive listening to prescribed teachings.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage transitions between ritual tests.
Purity is indicated by absence of blisters; the text introduces the phālaśuddhi (ploughshare) rite.