Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
तमारोप्य महापीठे कंबलांबरसंभृते । प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ भक्त्या तज्जलं दधतुः शिरः
tamāropya mahāpīṭhe kaṃbalāṃbarasaṃbhṛte | prakṣālya caraṇau bhaktyā tajjalaṃ dadhatuḥ śiraḥ
కంబళము, వస్త్రములతో అలంకృతమైన మహాపీఠముపై ఆయనను ఆసీనుని చేసి, భక్తితో పాదములు ప్రక్షాళన చేసి ఆ జలమును శిరస్సుపై ధరించారు।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: A radiant Śiva-yogin is seated on a high seat covered with blanket and cloth; two hosts kneel, washing his feet in a vessel; the collected water is reverently lifted to their heads.
FAQs
Devotional service to the holy—especially humble acts like washing the feet—purifies and elevates the devotee.
No specific tirtha is named; the sanctity highlighted is that of saintly contact and hospitality.
Pāda-prakṣālana (washing the guest’s feet) and reverently taking/placing the foot-washing water upon the head.