Markandeya continued There are three kinds of purity, namely purity in speech, purity in deed and purity by water. He who takes to these certainly obtains heaven.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच वाक् शौचं कर्मशौचं च यच्च शौचं जलात्मकम्। त्रिभिः शौचैरुपेतो यः स स्वर्गी नात्र संशयः॥