Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
स्त्रीशूद्रावाथ संस्पर्शमात्रेणापि विशुध्यतः । शिरः शब्दं सकंठं वा जले मुक्तशिखोऽपि वा
strīśūdrāvātha saṃsparśamātreṇāpi viśudhyataḥ | śiraḥ śabdaṃ sakaṃṭhaṃ vā jale muktaśikho'pi vā
Les femmes et les śūdras sont purifiés même par le simple contact (avec l’eau de l’ācamana). Qu’on se purifie en touchant d’eau la tête, les organes (des sens) et la gorge, même si la chevelure est déliée dans l’eau.
Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa narration style)
Scene: Pilgrims at a water source; a woman and a śūdra traveler touch water to head and throat; hair loosened as if after bathing; emphasis on accessibility of purification.
FAQs
Dharma emphasizes accessible means of purity; intention and prescribed method matter, not complexity.
No external pilgrimage site is specified; the focus is on bodily purification procedures.
Purification is indicated through water-contact and touching key parts (head, sense-openings, throat), even when one is in water with hair loosened.