Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
स्नात्वा पीत्वा स निर्गच्छेद्यावत्तस्माज्जलाशयात् । तावत्पैशाच्यमगमद्दिव्यदेहमवाप च
snātvā pītvā sa nirgacchedyāvattasmājjalāśayāt | tāvatpaiśācyamagamaddivyadehamavāpa ca
沐浴して水を飲み、あの水場から出るやいなや、ピシャーチャの状態は去り、彼は天なる身体を得た。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Piśācamocana Tīrtha (implied; formally named in 4.74)
Type: kund
Scene: At a sacred pond in Kāśī, an afflicted being bathes and drinks; the dark, ghastly piśāca-form falls away as a radiant divine body manifests at the water’s edge.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snana done in the right sacred context can instantly transform one’s state, symbolizing removal of impurity and karmic bondage.
The Kāśī tīrtha later explicitly named Piśācamocana—‘the ford that frees from piśāca-hood’.
Bathing (snāna) and drinking (pāna) of the tīrtha-water.