पंचतीर्थ्यां नरः स्नात्वा न देहं पांचभौतिकम् । गृह्णाति जातुचित्काश्यां पंचास्योवाथ जायते
paṃcatīrthyāṃ naraḥ snātvā na dehaṃ pāṃcabhautikam | gṛhṇāti jātucitkāśyāṃ paṃcāsyovātha jāyate
جو شخص پنچ تیرتھی میں اشنان کرتا ہے، وہ کاشی میں کبھی دوبارہ پانچ بھوتوں سے بنی ہوئی دےہ اختیار نہیں کرتا؛ بلکہ وہ دیویہ روپ کے ساتھ ‘پانچ مُخی’ ہو جاتا ہے۔
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.
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.