Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
शयनासनयानानि कुणपं स्त्रीमुखं कुशाः । यज्ञपात्राणि सर्वाणि न दुष्यंति बुधाः क्वचित्
śayanāsanayānāni kuṇapaṃ strīmukhaṃ kuśāḥ | yajñapātrāṇi sarvāṇi na duṣyaṃti budhāḥ kvacit
بستر، نشست گاہیں اور سواری کے وسائل؛ لاش؛ عورت کا منہ؛ کُشا گھاس؛ اور یَجْیَ میں برتے جانے والے تمام برتن—داناؤں کے نزدیک یہ میں سے کوئی بھی کبھی (دھارمک معنی میں) ناپاک نہیں ہوتا۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)
Scene: A ritual inventory tableau: kuśa bundles, yajña vessels, a simple bed and seat, and a chariot-like conveyance arranged near a sacrificial fire; a learned paṇḍita gestures, explaining that these do not become impure in the relevant dharmic sense.
FAQs
Dharma distinguishes contextual ritual purity from ordinary aversion, affirming certain things as non-defiling for sacred purposes.
The instruction belongs to the Kāśī section (Kāśīkhaṇḍa); no specific tirtha is named in this verse.
It gives a classificatory rule about what is not considered ritually defiling, especially in relation to yajña.