Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
पंचतीर्थ्यां नरः स्नात्वा न देहं पांचभौतिकम् । गृह्णाति जातुचित्काश्यां पंचास्योवाथ जायते
paṃcatīrthyāṃ naraḥ snātvā na dehaṃ pāṃcabhautikam | gṛhṇāti jātucitkāśyāṃ paṃcāsyovātha jāyate
पंचतीर्थीत स्नान केल्याने मनुष्य काशीत पुन्हा कधीही पंचभौतिक देह धारण करीत नाही; उलट तो ‘पंचास्य’ दिव्यरूप प्राप्त करतो.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pañcatīrthī
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim completes a five-stop bathing circuit in Kāśī; as water drips from his hair, his form subtly transforms into a radiant, five-faced divine body, with the ghats and temple spires of Kāśī behind him.
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Kāśī is presented as a liberating field; tīrtha-bathing is symbolized as transcending the elemental, mortal condition.
Pañcatīrthī—the collective sanctity of five tīrthas in Kāśī.
Snāna (bathing) in the Pañcatīrthī circuit.