Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54
अंगुल्यग्रैस्तथा स्कन्धौ सांबु सर्व्वत्र संस्पृशेत् । आचांतः पुनराचामेत्कृत्वा रथ्योपसर्पणम्
aṃgulyagraistathā skandhau sāṃbu sarvvatra saṃspṛśet | ācāṃtaḥ punarācāmetkṛtvā rathyopasarpaṇam
Con las puntas de los dedos debe asimismo tocar los hombros, y con agua tocar el cuerpo en todas partes. Habiendo realizado el ācamana, debe realizarlo de nuevo después de acercarse a la calle o vía pública.
Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa narration style)
Scene: A pilgrim touches shoulders with wet fingertips, then sprinkles/touches water over the body; later, after stepping onto a busy street with vendors and passersby, he pauses to perform ācamana again before returning toward a temple gate.
FAQs
Dharma trains continual awareness: purity is renewed after contact with public spaces and daily movement.
No site is praised; it concerns routine purity on entering common public areas.
Touch shoulders and body with water as part of purification; repeat ācamana after going near/into a public road.