Shiva Purana

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जीवहीनो यथा देहः क्षणादशुचिताम्व्रजेत् ॥ भर्तृहीना तथा योषित्सुस्नाताप्यशुचिस्सदा ॥५७॥

sanskrit

Just as a body bereft of the soul becomes unclean in a moment, similarly a woman without a husband is always unclean even though she may take a neat bath.

english translation

jIvahIno yathA dehaH kSaNAdazucitAmvrajet ॥ bhartRhInA tathA yoSitsusnAtApyazucissadA ॥57॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/117/57

जीवहीनो यथा देहः क्षणादशुचिताम्व्रजेत् ॥ भर्तृहीना तथा योषित्सुस्नाताप्यशुचिस्सदा ॥५७॥

sanskrit

Just as a body bereft of the soul becomes unclean in a moment, similarly a woman without a husband is always unclean even though she may take a neat bath.

english translation

jIvahIno yathA dehaH kSaNAdazucitAmvrajet ॥ bhartRhInA tathA yoSitsusnAtApyazucissadA ॥57॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript