The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Svātmaprakāśikā

Verse 64

परिपूर्णस्य नित्यस्य शुद्धस्य ज्योतिषो मम ।आगन्तुकमलाभावात्किं स्नानेन प्रयोजनम् ॥ ६१ ॥

In plain words

I am whole, I am timeless, I am pure — I am light itself. No stain arrives from outside to settle on me. So what would a bath accomplish?

Close to the Sanskrit

For me, who am full, eternal, pure light, because of the absence of any adventitious stain — what purpose is served by bathing?