Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र गत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ मुदा । करौ चास्यं चैव पुनः प्रणमेद्दंडवत्पुनः
tatra gatvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prakṣālya caraṇau mudā | karau cāsyaṃ caiva punaḥ praṇameddaṃḍavatpunaḥ
हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ! वहाँ जाकर आनंदपूर्वक चरण, हाथ और मुख धोकर, फिर दंडवत् होकर पुनः प्रणाम करे।
Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta speaking in Purāṇic frame)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (entry-ācāra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (best of the twice-born)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa-pilgrim arrives at Dvārakā; he washes feet and hands at a water pot/shore, rinses mouth, then performs a full daṇḍavat prostration facing the shrine.
FAQs
Approach sacred places with reverence and bodily purity; humility (praṇāma) is central to tīrtha-dharma.
The instructions belong to the Dvārakā context, specifically the approach to Cakratīrtha described in this chapter.
Wash feet, hands, and mouth (purificatory acts akin to ācamanā/śauca), then perform daṇḍavat-praṇāma.