Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
वेदानुवच नात्पुण्याद्यज्ञाद्दानात्तपोव्रतात् । उपवासाज्जपाद्योगान्मनःशुद्धिर्नृणां भवेत्
vedānuvaca nātpuṇyādyajñāddānāttapovratāt | upavāsājjapādyogānmanaḥśuddhirnṛṇāṃ bhavet
ความผ่องใสแห่งจิตของมนุษย์ มิได้เกิดขึ้นเพียงด้วยการสาธยายพระเวทเท่านั้น และมิใช่ด้วยบุญกุศล ยัญพิธี ทาน ตบะและว्रต อดอาหาร ชปะ หรือการปฏิบัติโยคะเพียงอย่างเดียว
Unspecified in snippet (doctrinal statement within Setu-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Jaṭātīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A montage-like scene: a scholar reciting Vedas, a sacrificer at a yajña, a donor giving gifts, an ascetic fasting, a yogin in posture—yet a dark veil remains over the heart; beside them, a pilgrim at Jaṭātīrtha bathes with humility, and the veil lifts, symbolizing true manas-śuddhi.
FAQs
External disciplines alone are not guaranteed to produce inner purity; a higher purifying cause is being introduced in context.
In the surrounding verses, Jaṭātīrtha is presented as the exceptional means for mind-purification.
It lists common practices (Veda recitation, yajña, dāna, tapas, vrata, upavāsa, japa, yoga) to stress that they are not sufficient by themselves.