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
दीर्घायुष्य इच्छिणाऱ्याने शिजलेले अन्न खावे व मांस टाळावे। गोव्रजात, वारुळावर आणि भस्मावर मूत्रत्याग करू नये।
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.