Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्मिन्गत्वा महाभागाः प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ मृदा । आचम्य च कुशान्गृह्य प्राङ्मुखो नियतः शुचिः
tasmingatvā mahābhāgāḥ prakṣālya caraṇau mṛdā | ācamya ca kuśāngṛhya prāṅmukho niyataḥ śuciḥ
فإذا بلغوا ذلك الموضع، فعلى السعداء أن يغسلوا أقدامهم بالتراب (وماء)، ثم يؤدّوا طقس الآتشَمَنَة (ācamana)؛ ويأخذوا عشب الكوشا (kuśa)، مستقبلين الشرق، منضبطين طاهرين (ثم يمضون في الشعيرة).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha (preparatory rite; leads into Rukmiṇī-hrada worship)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a coastal sacred precinct; they cleanse their feet with earth and water, sip ācamana, take kuśa-grass, and stand facing east in composed purity before the rite.
FAQs
Outer cleanliness and inner discipline are the doorway to effective tīrtha-worship and the reception of sacred merit.
The rite is framed for the tīrtha being described in this chapter—Rukmiṇī-hrada/Bhṛgu-tīrtha in Dvārakā.
Wash feet, perform ācamana, take kuśa-grass, face east, and maintain purity and restraint.