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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

दिव्यमालांबरधरो दिव्यगंधानुलेपनः । दिव्ययानं समारुह्य वर्त्म प्राप्तोथ पावनम्

divyamālāṃbaradharo divyagaṃdhānulepanaḥ | divyayānaṃ samāruhya vartma prāptotha pāvanam

ദിവ്യമാലയും വസ്ത്രവും ധരിച്ച്, ദിവ്യസുഗന്ധം പൂശിയവനായി, ദിവ്യയാനം കയറി അവൻ പാവനമായ മാർഗം പ്രാപിച്ചു।

दिव्यमालाम्बरधरःone wearing divine garland and garments
दिव्यमालाम्बरधरः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य + माला + अम्बर + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (बहुव्रीहिः): दिव्ये माले अम्बरे च धारयति इति/यस्य सः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनःone anointed with divine fragrance
दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य + गन्ध + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (बहुव्रीहिः): दिव्यगन्धेन अनुलेपनं यस्य सः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
दिव्ययानम्a divine vehicle
दिव्ययानम्:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य + यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः: दिव्यं यानम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
समारुह्यhaving mounted
समारुह्य:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + रुह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया
वर्त्मthe path
वर्त्म:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
प्राप्तःhaving reached
प्राप्तः:
Karta (कर्ता; क्त-प्रयोगे कर्तरि)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
पावनम्purifying
पावनम्:
Karma (कर्म; वर्त्म विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपावन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वर्त्मणः)

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha: Piśācamocana Tīrtha

Type: kund

Scene: A newly transformed radiant figure, adorned with divine garlands and garments, fragrant with celestial unguents, ascends a shining vimāna and moves along a luminous, purifying sky-path.

D
Divya-yāna (heavenly vehicle)

FAQs

Purification is portrayed as a complete metamorphosis—inner merit manifests outwardly as divine form and auspicious passage.

The Kāśī tīrtha whose snāna grants release from piśāca-condition, i.e., Piśācamocana.

No new prescription; it describes the fruit (phala) following the tīrtha-snana.