Persons well read in the scriptures take no notice of the sins that women may commit at heart. Whatever their sins may be they are cleaned by their menstrual course like a metallic plate that is cleansed with ashes.
स्त्रियस्त्वाशङ्किताः पापा नोपगम्या विजानता। रजसा ता विशुध्यन्ते भस्मना भाजनं यथा॥