Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
अपां समीपमासाद्य नित्यकर्म समाचरेत् । तत आचमनं कुर्याद्यथाविध्यनु पूर्वशः
apāṃ samīpamāsādya nityakarma samācaret | tata ācamanaṃ kuryādyathāvidhyanu pūrvaśaḥ
Dengan mendekati tempat air, hendaklah seseorang melaksanakan nitya-karma (amalan harian). Sesudah itu, lakukanlah ācamana menurut kaedah yang benar, mengikut tertibnya.
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.