Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 167
पतितानां च संभाषे कुर्यादाचमनिक्रियाम् । अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता
patitānāṃ ca saṃbhāṣe kuryādācamanikriyām | adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā
اور پَتِتوں (دھرم سے گرے ہوئے لوگوں) سے گفتگو کے بعد آچمن کی کریا کرنی چاہیے۔ ویدوں کی تریی کا روزانہ مطالعہ کرنا چاہیے اور صاحبِ بصیرت و صاحبِ تمیز بننے کی کوشش کرنی چاہیے۔
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.