Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
शयनासनयानानि कुणपं स्त्रीमुखं कुशाः । यज्ञपात्राणि सर्वाणि न दुष्यंति बुधाः क्वचित्
śayanāsanayānāni kuṇapaṃ strīmukhaṃ kuśāḥ | yajñapātrāṇi sarvāṇi na duṣyaṃti budhāḥ kvacit
शय्या, आसन व वाहन; प्रेतदेह; स्त्रीचे मुख; कुशा; आणि यज्ञातील सर्व पात्रे—यांपैकी काहीही बुधांच्या मते कधीही (धर्मार्थ) अपवित्र होत नाही.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: A ritual inventory tableau: kuśa bundles, yajña vessels, a simple bed and seat, and a chariot-like conveyance arranged near a sacrificial fire; a learned paṇḍita gestures, explaining that these do not become impure in the relevant dharmic sense.
FAQs
Dharma distinguishes contextual ritual purity from ordinary aversion, affirming certain things as non-defiling for sacred purposes.
The instruction belongs to the Kāśī section (Kāśīkhaṇḍa); no specific tirtha is named in this verse.
It gives a classificatory rule about what is not considered ritually defiling, especially in relation to yajña.