Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66
न भिन्नभाजनेऽश्नीयान्नासीताग्न्यादिदूषिते । आरोहणं गवां पृष्ठे प्रेतधूमं सरित्तटम्
na bhinnabhājane'śnīyānnāsītāgnyādidūṣite | ārohaṇaṃ gavāṃ pṛṣṭhe pretadhūmaṃ sarittaṭam
भिन्नभाजने नाश्नीयात्, अग्न्यादिदूषिते स्थाने नासीत। गवां पृष्ठारोहणं, प्रेतधूमस्पर्शं, सरित्तटेऽशुभविहारं च वर्जयेत्।
Sūta (deduced: Brāhma Khaṇḍa didactic narration in Dharmāraṇya context)
Tirtha: Sarit-taṭa (generic ghāṭa context)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a river ghāṭa chooses a clean spot, avoids a broken bowl, turns away from distant cremation smoke, and gently feeds a cow rather than climbing it; the river glows with morning light.
FAQs
External cleanliness and avoidance of impurity support inner steadiness and dharmic auspiciousness.
No particular tīrtha is named; the riverbank is referenced generally as a place requiring mindful conduct.
Avoid impurity sources (broken vessels, defiled seats, funerary smoke) and maintain respectful conduct toward cows and sacred spaces.