Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 167
पतितानां च संभाषे कुर्यादाचमनिक्रियाम् । अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता
patitānāṃ ca saṃbhāṣe kuryādācamanikriyām | adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā
And after conversing with the fallen (those who have lapsed from dharma), one should perform the act of ācamana. One should study the Vedic triad daily and strive to become truly discerning.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A pilgrim-scholar converses briefly with a disheveled outcaste figure at a roadside; afterward he steps aside, performs ācamana, then opens a palm-leaf manuscript for svādhyāya.
FAQs
Maintain discernment and purity through corrective rites and steady scriptural study.
No site is named; the verse is a general dharma injunction.
Perform ācamana after certain contacts (here, conversation with the ‘patita’); undertake daily study of the trayī.