Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
शुद्धं ज्ञेयमसंदिग्धं विस्फोटादिविवर्जितम् । फालशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि तां श्रृणु त्वं धनंजय
śuddhaṃ jñeyamasaṃdigdhaṃ visphoṭādivivarjitam | phālaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi tāṃ śrṛṇu tvaṃ dhanaṃjaya
फोड-फुगे इत्यादी दोष नसलेले ते निःसंशय शुद्ध समजावे. आता मी फाळ-शुद्धीचे विधान सांगतो; हे धनंजया, तू ऐक.
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.