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
Khi thức ăn bị nhiễm bẩn bởi tóc hay côn trùng, bị bò ngửi, hoặc bị ruồi bu bám, thì nên cho thêm đất sét, nước, tro và chất kiềm để làm cho thanh tịnh.
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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.