अपवित्रं भवेत्तासां मुखमेकं जुगुप्सितम् । शेषं शरीरं सर्वासां विशिष्टं तु सुरैः कृतम्
apavitraṃ bhavettāsāṃ mukhamekaṃ jugupsitam | śeṣaṃ śarīraṃ sarvāsāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tu suraiḥ kṛtam
ان کے لیے صرف منہ ہی ناپاک اور قابلِ نفرت سمجھا جاتا ہے؛ مگر باقی تمام جسم کو دیوتاؤں نے ممتاز اور برتر بنا دیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; likely Sūta in the wider framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)
Scene: A didactic tableau: the cow-mothers’ bodies shine with divine distinction, while the mouth is subtly marked as to-be-avoided; devas stand as guarantors of the rule, Brahmā presiding.
Sacred beings may still be described through ritual categories; holiness and ritual constraints can coexist in Purāṇic discourse.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such dharmic distinctions are narrated as part of the site’s authoritative māhātmya.
An implied purity rule: the mouth is to be avoided as apavitra, while the rest is treated as sanctified.