Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66
विशुद्धां मृदमादाय बर्हिषस्तिलगोमयम् । शुचौ देशे परिस्थाप्य ह्याचम्य स्नानमाचरेत्
viśuddhāṃ mṛdamādāya barhiṣastilagomayam | śucau deśe paristhāpya hyācamya snānamācaret
विशुद्धां मृदं गृहीत्वा बर्हिषः तिलं गोमयं च, शुचौ देशे संस्थाप्य, आचम्य ततः स्नानमाचरेत्।
Deductive (contextual narrator within Brahmakhaṇḍa)
Listener: Kings/disciples in the Dharmāraṇyaka discourse
Scene: A practitioner at dawn lays out clean clay, kuśa grass, sesame, and cow-dung on a purified patch of ground; a water pot and small ladle indicate ācamanā before bathing.
FAQs
Purification is deliberate and ordered: preparing pure materials and beginning with ācamana makes the act of bathing a sacred rite.
No specific site is named; the verse details general ritual procedure applicable across tīrthas and homes.
Collect and place purificatory items in a clean spot, perform ācamana, and then begin the bath.