Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
कर्णोपवीत्युदग्वक्त्रो दिवसे संध्ययोरपि । विण्मूत्रे विसृजेन्मौनी निशायां दक्षिणामुखः
karṇopavītyudagvaktro divase saṃdhyayorapi | viṇmūtre visṛjenmaunī niśāyāṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
دن کے وقت—اور دونوں سندھیاؤں میں بھی—یَجنوپویت کو کان کے اوپر کر کے شمال رُخ رہے؛ خاموشی اختیار کر کے پاخانہ اور پیشاب کرے۔ رات میں جنوب رُخ ہو۔
Skanda
Scene: A brāhmaṇa-pilgrim with sacred thread looped over the ear (karṇopavīta), finger to lips in silence, oriented north under daylight; a second vignette shows him at night facing south under moonlight.
FAQs
Even unavoidable bodily acts are to be done with restraint, silence, and directional discipline, preserving ritual mindfulness.
No particular tīrtha is named; the guidance is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s purity discipline for sacred life.
By day (including dawn/dusk): karṇopavītī and facing north; at night: facing south; observe silence during evacuation.