Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
लिंगत्रयशरीरिण्यास्तस्याः सान्निध्यतः स हि । दिव्यं वपुः समासाद्य राक्षसस्त्रिदिवं ययौ
liṃgatrayaśarīriṇyāstasyāḥ sānnidhyataḥ sa hi | divyaṃ vapuḥ samāsādya rākṣasastridivaṃ yayau
उस त्रिशरीरिणी देवी के मात्र सान्निध्य से वह राक्षस दिव्य देह को प्राप्त कर त्रिदिव—स्वर्गलोक—को चला गया।
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.
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