Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
यतोऽशुचिशरीरस्य वायुकोपो महान्भवेत् । वायुकोपात्कुष्ठता च जडत्वादीनुपाश्नुते
yato'śuciśarīrasya vāyukopo mahānbhavet | vāyukopātkuṣṭhatā ca jaḍatvādīnupāśnute
Pois, naquele cujo corpo é impuro, surge grande agravamento do vāyu (o humor do vento); e da perturbação do vāyu advêm aflições como kuṣṭha (lepra) e a torpeza/entorpecimento (jāḍya) e outras semelhantes.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A teacher gestures in caution while a practitioner with an unclean aura is shown suffering imbalance—wind motifs swirling, contrasted with a purified practitioner calm and steady.
FAQs
Purity and disciplined living are presented as prerequisites for yogic progress; impurity leads to disorder of vital forces and consequent suffering.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on yogic bodily purity as a dharmic foundation.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it sets up the need for purification before practices like prāṇāyāma.