Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
नग्नः स्यान्मलवद्वासा नग्नः कौपीनवस्त्रधृक् । द्विकच्छोऽनुत्तरीयश्च विकच्छोऽवस्त्र एव च
nagnaḥ syānmalavadvāsā nagnaḥ kaupīnavastradhṛk | dvikaccho'nuttarīyaśca vikaccho'vastra eva ca
جو شخص گندے کپڑے پہنے وہ ‘ننگا’ سمجھا جاتا ہے؛ اور جو صرف کوپین (لنگوٹ) پہنے وہ بھی ‘ننگا’ ہے۔ اسی طرح دو کَچھ والا کپڑا بغیر اوپری چادر کے، ڈھیلا لپٹا ہوا کپڑا، اور بالکل بے لباس—یہ سب بھی ‘ننگے’ کہلاتے ہیں۔
Unknown (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; ācāra guidance on dress and decorum)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A temple threshold scene: attendants gently stop a pilgrim in filthy clothes and another in only a loincloth; a third with a properly draped cloth is allowed in; a placard-like dharma teaching is implied.
FAQs
External cleanliness and proper attire are treated as supports for inner discipline and ritual propriety.
The instruction appears within Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s māhātmya context.
Guidelines defining improper dress—especially for ritual settings—by classifying certain clothing states as equivalent to nakedness.