स्त्रीशूद्रावाथ संस्पर्शमात्रेणापि विशुध्यतः । शिरः शब्दं सकंठं वा जले मुक्तशिखोऽपि वा
strīśūdrāvātha saṃsparśamātreṇāpi viśudhyataḥ | śiraḥ śabdaṃ sakaṃṭhaṃ vā jale muktaśikho'pi vā
Phụ nữ và người Śūdra được thanh tịnh chỉ nhờ sự tiếp xúc (với nước). Nên dùng nước chạm lên đầu, các căn/chi thể và cổ họng để tẩy tịnh, dù tóc có buông xõa trong nước cũng vậy.
Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa narration style)
Scene: Pilgrims at a water source; a woman and a śūdra traveler touch water to head and throat; hair loosened as if after bathing; emphasis on accessibility of purification.
Dharma emphasizes accessible means of purity; intention and prescribed method matter, not complexity.
No external pilgrimage site is specified; the focus is on bodily purification procedures.
Purification is indicated through water-contact and touching key parts (head, sense-openings, throat), even when one is in water with hair loosened.
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