One should never know a woman who has not bathed after the expiry of her menses. By avoiding such acts one succeeds in acquiring a long life. After washing the several limbs directed, in view of religious acts, one should wash his lips thrice, and once more twice. By doing this, one becomes purified and fit for religious rites. The several organs of sense should each be washed once, and water should also be sprinkled over the entire body.
न चास्नातां स्त्रियं गच्छेत् तथायुर्विन्दते महत्॥ स्वे स्वे तीर्थे समाचम्य कार्ये समुपकल्पिते। त्रिः पीत्वाऽऽपो द्विः प्रमृज्य कृतशौचो भवेन्नरः।। इन्द्रियाणि सकृत्स्पृश्य त्रिरभ्युक्ष्य च मानवः।