Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 167
पतितानां च संभाषे कुर्यादाचमनिक्रियाम् । अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता
patitānāṃ ca saṃbhāṣe kuryādācamanikriyām | adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā
И после беседы с падшими, отступившими от дхармы, следует совершить ачаману. Три Веды надлежит изучать ежедневно и стремиться стать поистине рассудительным и прозорливым.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A pilgrim-scholar converses briefly with a disheveled outcaste figure at a roadside; afterward he steps aside, performs ācamana, then opens a palm-leaf manuscript for svādhyāya.
FAQs
Maintain discernment and purity through corrective rites and steady scriptural study.
No site is named; the verse is a general dharma injunction.
Perform ācamana after certain contacts (here, conversation with the ‘patita’); undertake daily study of the trayī.