Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
शिरः प्रावृत्य कंठं वा जले मुक्तशिखोऽपि च । अक्षालितपदद्वंद्व आचांतोप्यशुचिर्मतः
śiraḥ prāvṛtya kaṃṭhaṃ vā jale muktaśikho'pi ca | akṣālitapadadvaṃdva ācāṃtopyaśucirmataḥ
اگر کوئی سر یا حلق کو پانی میں ڈبو دے، اور چوٹی کھلی بھی ہو، پھر بھی جب تک دونوں پاؤں نہ دھوئے جائیں وہ آچمن کرنے کے باوجود ناپاک ہی سمجھا جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī Gaṅgā-ghāṭas (general)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee stands at the ghāṭa with wet head and loosened hair, but dusty feet; an elder points to the unwashed feet, indicating impurity despite ācamana.
FAQs
Purity requires completeness and attention to prescribed steps; partial actions do not replace the whole discipline.
The verse is procedural and does not name a tīrtha; it sits within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction.
Washing the feet is mandatory for cleanliness; immersion or ācamana alone does not suffice if feet remain unwashed.