Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
केशकीटावपन्ने ऽन्ने गोघ्राते मक्षिकान्विते मृदम्बुभस्मक्षाराणि प्रक्षेप्तव्यानि शुद्धये
keśakīṭāvapanne 'nne goghrāte makṣikānvite mṛdambubhasmakṣārāṇi prakṣeptavyāni śuddhaye
اگر کھانے میں بال یا کیڑے پڑ جائیں، گائے اسے سونگھ لے، یا اس میں مکھیاں لگ جائیں تو پاکیزگی کے لیے اس میں مٹی، پانی، راکھ اور کھار ملانی چاہیے۔
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Purity is treated as a practical ethical discipline: contamination (physical contact, pests, odor) is addressed through accessible purifiers (earth, water, ash, alkali), emphasizing cleanliness, health, and restraint rather than waste.
This is ancillary ācāra/dharma material (not one of the core pañcalakṣaṇa topics like sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita). It functions as a dharma-śāstra style insertion within the Purāṇa.
Earth, water, ash, and alkali represent elemental and transformative cleansers—removing visible impurity and subtle disgust (jugupsā), restoring the food’s fitness for dharmic consumption.