Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
अपां समीपमासाद्य नित्यकर्म समाचरेत् । तत आचमनं कुर्याद्यथाविध्यनु पूर्वशः
apāṃ samīpamāsādya nityakarma samācaret | tata ācamanaṃ kuryādyathāvidhyanu pūrvaśaḥ
S’étant approché du voisinage de l’eau, qu’on accomplisse le rite quotidien; puis qu’on fasse l’ācamana selon la règle, dans l’ordre prescrit.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa ritual instruction)
Tirtha: Āpaḥ (water) as nitya-tīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A practitioner walking to a river/pond at dawn, carrying kamaṇḍalu, then performing ācamana with cupped hand; emphasis on clean water and orderly sequence.
FAQs
Purification and orderliness are essential: daily worship begins near water and proceeds by proper sequence.
No specific tīrtha is named; water is treated as the ritual prerequisite.
Go near water, perform nitya-karma, and then do ācamana according to prescribed order.