Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59
तयोर्निषाददंपत्योस्तत्क्षणादेव तद्वपुः । शिवदूतकरस्पर्शात्तत्सारूप्यमवाप ह
tayorniṣādadaṃpatyostatkṣaṇādeva tadvapuḥ | śivadūtakarasparśāttatsārūpyamavāpa ha
അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ നിഷാദ ദമ്പതികളുടെ ദേഹങ്ങൾ—ശിവദൂതന്മാരുടെ കരസ്പർശത്താൽ—അവർക്കു സമമായ രൂപം (സാരൂപ്യം) പ്രാപിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: As the attendants touch the couple, their human forms brighten and subtly shift into divine-like bodies resembling the messengers—radiant, serene, adorned with celestial marks—while still retaining recognizable individuality.
FAQs
Liberation can manifest as transformation into divine likeness; Śiva’s grace is immediate and embodied, not merely conceptual.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; the glorification is of Śiva’s salvific power and the gift of sārūpya.
None explicitly; the verse describes the culminating result—bodily transformation through divine touch.