Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40
न फालकृष्टे भूभागे न रथ्यासेव्यभूतले । नालोकयेद्दिशो भागञ्ज्यो तिश्चक्रं नभो मलम्
na phālakṛṣṭe bhūbhāge na rathyāsevyabhūtale | nālokayeddiśo bhāgañjyo tiścakraṃ nabho malam
नांगराने नुकतीच नांगरलेली जमीन, तसेच रस्त्याने वर्दळ असलेले ठिकाण येथे मलोत्सर्ग करू नये. तसे करताना दिशा, ज्योतिष्चक्र, आकाश किंवा कोणतीही अशुचि वस्तू यांकडे पाहू नये—लज्जा व नियम पाळावेत.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A restrained, didactic scene: a traveler/householder in a forest-edge or scrubland, avoiding ploughed furrows and a road, eyes lowered, with the sky and directions subtly indicated as sacred witnesses; emphasis on modest posture and dharmic discretion.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through mindful conduct and modesty; even bodily acts are regulated to protect purity and social order.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives general dharma-śāstra style instructions within the Dharmāraṇya context.
Avoid certain locations (ploughed land, roadways) and avoid looking toward directions/sky/luminaries while relieving oneself.