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The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
सुश्लिष्टाङ्गुलिपादा तु नखास्ताम्रोज्ज्वलाः शुभाः ॥ गम्भीरा दक्षिणावर्त्ता नाभिस्त्रिवलिशोभिता ॥
suśliṣṭāṅgulipādā tu nakhās tāmrôjjvalāḥ śubhāḥ | gambhīrā dakṣiṇāvarttā nābhis trivaliśobhitā ||
كانت أصابعها وقدماها محكمة التناسق؛ وأظفارها مباركة تلمع ببريقٍ نحاسي. وكانت سُرَّتُها عميقةً ملتفّةً إلى اليمين، مزدانةً بثلاث طيّاتٍ رشيقة.
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It reflects a classical South Asian aesthetic vocabulary (strī-lakṣaṇa) used in Purāṇic narrative to convey idealized bodily markers, useful for cultural-history and literary studies.
No explicit location is named in this verse; it is primarily descriptive rather than geographic.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as narrative characterization through conventional aesthetic markers.
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