Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
स्त्रियः पवित्राः सततं नैता दुष्यंति केनचित् । मासिमासि रजस्तासां दुष्कृतान्यपकर्षति
striyaḥ pavitrāḥ satataṃ naitā duṣyaṃti kenacit | māsimāsi rajastāsāṃ duṣkṛtānyapakarṣati
ਸਤ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਸਦਾ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਹਨ; ਉਹ ਕਿਸੇ ਕਾਰਨ ਅਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ। ਮਹੀਨੇ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਰਜਸ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੁਰਕਰਮਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਦੂਰ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene feminine figure associated with purity—woman seated near a lamp and lotus, with a gentle aura; symbolic depiction of ‘apakarṣaṇa’ as dark wisps dissolving into water/lotus petals, suggesting cleansing rather than pollution.
FAQs
It affirms women’s inherent purity and frames a natural bodily cycle as linked with the removal of moral impurity.
The verse is situated in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa teaching context; it is not tied to a single named tīrtha but belongs to Kāśī’s dharma exposition.
No specific rite is prescribed; it provides a doctrinal statement about purity and the purificatory implication attributed to the monthly cycle.
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