Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
स्त्रियः पवित्राः सततं नैता दुष्यंति केनचित् । मासिमासि रजस्तासां दुष्कृतान्यपकर्षति
striyaḥ pavitrāḥ satataṃ naitā duṣyaṃti kenacit | māsimāsi rajastāsāṃ duṣkṛtānyapakarṣati
عورتیں ہمیشہ پاک ہیں؛ کوئی چیز انہیں ناپاک نہیں کرتی۔ ماہ بہ ماہ ان کا حیض ان کے بداعمالیوں کو کھینچ کر دور کر دیتا ہے۔
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.