Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
लिंगत्रयशरीरिण्यास्तस्याः सान्निध्यतः स हि । दिव्यं वपुः समासाद्य राक्षसस्त्रिदिवं ययौ
liṃgatrayaśarīriṇyāstasyāḥ sānnidhyataḥ sa hi | divyaṃ vapuḥ samāsādya rākṣasastridivaṃ yayau
Wahrlich, allein durch ihre Nähe — sie, die die drei feinen Leiber trug — erlangte der Rākṣasa eine göttliche Gestalt und ging in die Himmelswelten ein.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly framed as Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fearsome Rākṣasa stands near a radiant feminine sacred presence; his dark, coarse form dissolves into a luminous, divine body, ascending toward svarga with celestial attendants.
FAQs
Contact with sanctity (satsaṅga/sānnidhya) can elevate even the fallen; proximity to purity and dharma transforms destiny.
The verse occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting; the implied glorification is of sacred presence and its power, though no named tīrtha appears.
None stated; it conveys a doctrinal point about proximity and transformation.