The origin and activities of Alakṣmī - Verse 63
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 6.63
Sanskrit Original
स्नानमङ्गलहीनाश च तेषां त्वं गृहम आविश। या नारी शौचविभ्रष्टा देहसंस्कारवर्जिता।।
snānamaṅgalahīnāś ca teṣāṃ tvaṃ gṛham āviśa| yā nārī śaucavibhraṣṭā dehasaṃskāravarjitā||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Enter the abode of those stupid persons of deluded minds who eat cooked rice by themselves and who are devoid of ablution and other auspicious rites. Enter their houses. Enter the abode of that woman who falls off from the ideal of cleanliness, who is devoid of purificatory rites of the body and who is continuously engaged in eating all kinds of foodstuff. Enter the houses of men who have dirty faces, who wear dirty clothes; whose teeth are full of dirt though they are householders; who do not wash their feet; who lie down and who take their food at dusk.