Markandeyapurana 35.4

35.4

prokṣitañcauṣadhārthañca khādanmāṃsaṃ na duṣyati /
śaṅkhāśmasvarṇarūpyāṇāṃ rajjūnāmatha vāsasām //

Madālasā spoke:
Next do thou hearken to the remedial measures for things forbidden and permitted. Rice should he eaten that has been kept awhile, mixed with oil, and long stored; and wheat, barley, and butter-milk and preparations thereof unmixed with oil. The hare, the tortoise, the go-sāmp,[1] the porcupine, and the rhinoceros, my son,—these indeed may he eaten; and the domestic pig and fowl should he eschewed. The remains of food at a śrāddha after the pitṛs and gods and other recipients have been satisfied may be eaten at the desire of the brāhmans. A man who eats flesh that has been killed for the purpose of medicine is not defiled.

Shells, stones, gold, and silver, ropes, and garments, and vegetables, roots and fruits, and wicker-work vessels and leather, and gems, diamonds, and coral, and pearls, and men’s bodies are best cleansed with water; just as iron things with water, and stone by scrubbing. Oily vessels are cleansed with warm water, and winnowing baskets, grain and antelope-skins, and the pestle and mortar for husking rice, and thick cloths, and a store by sprinkling; and all kinds of bark-made things are best cleansed with water and earth. Grass, wood and medicinal herbs are best cleansed by sprinkling; and all woollen things and hair have ceremonial purity. White mustard is cleansed with oily sediment or the sediment from sesamum seed. Things that are injured are always cleansed with water, my son. So also cotton things are cleaned with water and ashes. Timber, ivory, hone and horn are best cleaned by scraping. Earthen pots are purified ceremonially by re-hurning.