Shiva Purana

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यथांतर्विष्ठया पूर्णश्शुचिमान्न बहिर्घटः ॥ शोध्यमानो हि देहोऽयं तेनायमशुचिस्ततः ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Just as a pot, full of faeces cannot become pure even when washed outside, so also the body washed outside cannot become pure. Hence it is impure.

english translation

yathAMtarviSThayA pUrNazzucimAnna bahirghaTaH ॥ zodhyamAno hi deho'yaM tenAyamazucistataH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/23/3

यथांतर्विष्ठया पूर्णश्शुचिमान्न बहिर्घटः ॥ शोध्यमानो हि देहोऽयं तेनायमशुचिस्ततः ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Just as a pot, full of faeces cannot become pure even when washed outside, so also the body washed outside cannot become pure. Hence it is impure.

english translation

yathAMtarviSThayA pUrNazzucimAnna bahirghaTaH ॥ zodhyamAno hi deho'yaM tenAyamazucistataH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript