Shiva Purana

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/23/21

सर्वेण गांगेन जलेन सम्यङ् मृत्पर्वतेनाप्यथ भावदुष्टः ॥ आजन्मनः स्नानपरो मनुष्यो न शुध्यतीत्येव वयं वदामः ॥ २१ ॥

sanskrit

We assert that a man of vicious instinct and feeling never becomes pure though he may indulge in ablutions throughout his life with all the waters of the Gaṅgā and a mountain of sand.

english translation

sarveNa gAMgena jalena samyaG mRtparvatenApyatha bhAvaduSTaH ॥ AjanmanaH snAnaparo manuSyo na zudhyatItyeva vayaM vadAmaH ॥ 21 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/23/21

सर्वेण गांगेन जलेन सम्यङ् मृत्पर्वतेनाप्यथ भावदुष्टः ॥ आजन्मनः स्नानपरो मनुष्यो न शुध्यतीत्येव वयं वदामः ॥ २१ ॥

sanskrit

We assert that a man of vicious instinct and feeling never becomes pure though he may indulge in ablutions throughout his life with all the waters of the Gaṅgā and a mountain of sand.

english translation

sarveNa gAMgena jalena samyaG mRtparvatenApyatha bhAvaduSTaH ॥ AjanmanaH snAnaparo manuSyo na zudhyatItyeva vayaM vadAmaH ॥ 21 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript