Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44
इत्थं शौचं गृही कुर्याद्गंधलेपक्षयावधि । क्रमाद्वैगुण्यतः कुर्याद्ब्रह्मचर्यादिषु त्रिषु
itthaṃ śaucaṃ gṛhī kuryādgaṃdhalepakṣayāvadhi | kramādvaiguṇyataḥ kuryādbrahmacaryādiṣu triṣu
Demikianlah seorang grihastha hendaklah melakukan penyucian sehingga hilang bau dan kesan kotoran. Kemudian menurut tertibnya, dalam tiga āśrama bermula dengan brahmacarya, hendaklah dilakukan dengan ketelitian yang lebih tegas sebagaimana ditetapkan.
Anonymous Purāṇic narrator (Dharmāraṇya instructional passage; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Scene: A triptych of life-stages: brahmacārin (student) with strict austerity symbols, gṛhastha (householder) with moderate domestic setting, and later āśrama figure (vānaprastha/sannyāsin) with austere simplicity—each performing śauca with increasing rigor; overlay text-like cue ‘gandha-lepa-kṣaya’ (until odor/smear gone).
FAQs
Purity is outcome-based (removal of odor/filth) and also varies by life-stage, reflecting graded dharma disciplines.
No holy site is specified; the focus is āśrama-based conduct.
A householder should cleanse until odor and smear are gone; stricter standards apply across the three āśrama stages beginning with brahmacarya.