Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
शुद्धोऽयं ब्राह्मणः साक्षाद्विष्णुपद्याः समागमात् । स्नानादाचमनादेव तस्माद्यातु गृहं निजम्
śuddho'yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sākṣādviṣṇupadyāḥ samāgamāt | snānādācamanādeva tasmādyātu gṛhaṃ nijam
‘พราหมณ์ผู้นี้บริสุทธิ์โดยตรงด้วยการสัมผัสวิษณุปที; ด้วยการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์และการอาจมนะเท่านั้น—ฉะนั้นบัดนี้จงกลับสู่เรือนของตนเถิด’
Bhāratī (divine voice)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī
Type: ghat
Listener: The brāhmaṇa bather; indirectly the gathered brāhmaṇas
Scene: From the sky, the unseen Bhāratī declares the brāhmaṇa purified; the bather stands waist-deep, hands cupped in ācamana gesture, water dripping, face calm with relief.
FAQs
Sacred waters, approached properly, can confer immediate ritual purity; dharma is fulfilled through simple, sincere observance.
Viṣṇupadī Gaṅgā, whose mere ‘samāgama’ (contact) is proclaimed purifying.
Snāna (bathing) and ācamana (ritual sipping/rinsing) are explicitly stated as sufficient for purification here.