Uma-samhita - Chapter 23 - Verse 3
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · 23 · Verse 3
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Sanskrit Original
यथांतर्विष्ठया पूर्णश्शुचिमान्न बहिर्घटः ॥ शोध्यमानो हि देहोऽयं तेनायमशुचिस्ततः ॥ ३ ॥
yathAMtarviSThayA pUrNazzucimAnna bahirghaTaH ॥ zodhyamAno hi deho'yaM tenAyamazucistataH ॥ 3 ॥
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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.