Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
दीर्घांगुलीभिः कुलटा कृशाभिरतिनिर्धना । ह्रस्वायुष्या च ह्रस्वाभिर्भुग्नाभिर्भुग्नवर्तिनी
dīrghāṃgulībhiḥ kulaṭā kṛśābhiratinirdhanā | hrasvāyuṣyā ca hrasvābhirbhugnābhirbhugnavartinī
من كانت أصابع قدمها طويلة جدًّا وُصفت بعدم العفّة؛ ومن كانت نحيلة عظمية قيل إنها شديدة الفقر. وبقِصَر الأصابع يُقال بقِصَر العمر؛ وباعوجاجها يوصف مسار حياتها بالاضطراب والانحراف.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Four illustrative foot studies: very long toes, thin bony toes, short toes, and bent toes—each paired with symbolic vignettes (temptation, empty granary, fading lamp, crooked path). A Kāśī teacher points to the moral lesson rather than mere prediction.
FAQs
It conveys the Purāṇic worldview that character and life-circumstances are karmically patterned, encouraging ethical discipline and spiritual refuge.
Kāśī is the macro-context of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this specific verse is not a tīrtha-praise passage.
None in this verse.