Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
पंचसूक्ष्मः पंचदीर्घः सप्तरक्तः षडुन्नतः । त्रिपृथुर्लघुगंभीरो द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणस्त्विति
paṃcasūkṣmaḥ paṃcadīrghaḥ saptaraktaḥ ṣaḍunnataḥ | tripṛthurlaghugaṃbhīro dvātriṃśallakṣaṇastviti
له خمس سماتٍ لطيفة، وخمس سماتٍ طويلة، وسبع سماتٍ محمرة، وست سماتٍ مرتفعة؛ وثلاث سماتٍ عريضة، وعمقٌ رقيق في الهيئة—وهكذا حقًّا يملك العلامات الاثنتين والثلاثين المباركة.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada enumerates the categories of auspicious bodily features—five fine, five long, seven reddish, six raised, three broad, and subtle depth—concluding the boy bears the thirty-two marks.
FAQs
Great responsibility is foreshadowed through auspicious qualities; dharma literature frames leadership as divinely indicated and ethically charged.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, but this verse is a lakṣaṇa (marks) catalog rather than a tirtha-glorification passage.
No specific ritual; it presents a traditional schema of auspicious physical characteristics.