Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
अग्न्यगाराणि विप्राणां देवतायतनानि च । यद्गोमयेन शुद्ध्यंति किंभूतमधिकं ततः
agnyagārāṇi viprāṇāṃ devatāyatanāni ca | yadgomayena śuddhyaṃti kiṃbhūtamadhikaṃ tataḥ
जेव्हा ब्राह्मणांची अग्निगृहे आणि देवतांची मंदिरेही गोमयाने शुद्ध होतात, तेव्हा त्याहून अधिक महिमा आणखी काय असू शकते?
Āpastamba (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa’s agni-śālā and a temple courtyard are being ritually purified with cow-dung plaster; priests sprinkle water, lamps burn steadily, the space becomes luminous and orderly.
FAQs
Purity in dharma is upheld through sanctifying substances; the cow is revered as a source of ritual and spiritual cleansing.
The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, aligning local sacredness with pan-Indic purity codes.
Ritual purification (śuddhi) of sacred spaces using gomaya (cow-dung).