Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140
सा पतिं हंति वर्षेण यस्या मध्ये कृकाटिकम् । प्रदक्षिणो वा वामो वा रोम्णामावर्त्तकः स्त्रियाः
sā patiṃ haṃti varṣeṇa yasyā madhye kṛkāṭikam | pradakṣiṇo vā vāmo vā romṇāmāvarttakaḥ striyāḥ
يُقال إن المرأةَ التي في وسطها علامةٌ تُسمّى «كṛكاطِكā» تقتل زوجَها في غضون سنة. وكذلك فإن دوّامةَ الشعر عند المرأة، يمينًا كانت أو يسارًا، تُعَدُّ فألًا ذا شأن.
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava) and sages
Scene: A sage points to a diagrammatic figure indicating the ‘kṛkāṭikā’ mark and discusses hair-whorl direction (right/left) as omen; listeners attentive, atmosphere of cautious instruction.
FAQs
It emphasizes caution and discernment in marriage, presenting omens as a traditional framework for protecting gṛhastha stability.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; the setting remains within the Kāśī-centered discourse of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; the verse is descriptive of signs (lakṣaṇa) rather than prescribing rites.