Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
सम्यक्स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु पूजयेद्गरुडध्वजम् । पीतांबरधरो भूत्वा दिव्याभरणभूषितः
samyaksnātvā naro yastu pūjayedgaruḍadhvajam | pītāṃbaradharo bhūtvā divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
जो मनुष्य विधिपूर्वक स्नान करके गरुडध्वज (विष्णु) का पूजन करता है, वह पीताम्बरधारी होकर दिव्य आभूषणों से विभूषित हो जाता है।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomatī–udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Scene: A devotee emerges from the confluence, then stands before Viṣṇu (Garuḍadhvaja) in worship; as a boon, his form is shown transfigured—wearing bright yellow cloth and shining ornaments—suggesting entry into a divine mode of being.
FAQs
Purity through snāna and devotion through pūjā transform the devotee toward a divine state.
The context is the Gomati–Dvārakā tīrtha setting described in this adhyāya.
Proper bathing followed by worship of Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa).