Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132
Devanagari script
भोजने शयने स्थाने उत्सर्गे मलमूत्रयोः । रथ्याचंक्रमणे चार्द्रपञ्चकश्चाचमेत्सदा
Transliteration
bhojane śayane sthāne utsarge malamūtrayoḥ | rathyācaṃkramaṇe cārdrapañcakaścācametsadā
Translation
食後、臥した後、場所を移した後、大小便を排した後、また街路を歩いた後には、常にアーチャマナ（ācamana・儀礼の啜水）と、定められた「湿の五法」の水による清めを行うべきである。
Word by Word
भोजनेduring eating/at a meal
भोजने:
Adhikarana (Location/occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
शयनेin bed/while lying down
शयने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
स्थानेin a place
स्थाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
उत्सर्गेat the time of excretion/letting go
उत्सर्गे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउत्सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
मलमूत्रयोःof feces and urine
मलमूत्रयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमल (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व); षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Genitive dual)
रथ्याचंक्रमणेwhile walking in the street
रथ्याचंक्रमणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरथ्या (प्रातिपदिक) + चंक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-भावः (rathyāyāṃ caṃkramaṇam = walking in the street)
चand
च:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
आर्द्रपञ्चकःthe wet fivefold (rite)
आर्द्रपञ्चकः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootआर्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); कर्मधारयः (ārdraṃ pañcakam = ‘wet fivefold set’)
चand
च:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक
आचमेत्should sip (water) / perform ācamana
आचमेत्:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + चम (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg); धातु: चम (आचमन-कर्मणि)
सदाalways
सदा:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
FAQs
Regular purification keeps the body and mind fit for dharma and worship; cleanliness is treated as sacred discipline.
No tīrtha is mentioned; it is a general śauca practice.
Perform ācamana and the prescribed water-based cleansing acts after key daily activities like eating, sleeping, walking outside, and elimination.