Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
उन्नतो मांसलोंगुष्ठो वर्तुलोतुलभोगदः । वक्रो ह्रस्वश्च चिपिटः सुखसौभाग्यभंजकः
unnato māṃsaloṃguṣṭho vartulotulabhogadaḥ | vakro hrasvaśca cipiṭaḥ sukhasaubhāgyabhaṃjakaḥ
উন্নত আৰু মাংসল ডাঙৰ আঙুলী, যি বৃত্তাকাৰ, তাক অতুল ভোগ-সুখ দানকাৰী বোলা হয়। কিন্তু যদি সি বেঁকা, সৰু বা চেপেটা হয়, তেন্তে তাক সুখ আৰু সৌভাগ্য ভাঙি পেলোৱা বুলি বৰ্ণনা কৰা হৈছে।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close depiction of feet: a rounded, raised, fleshy big toe shown as auspicious; beside it, variants—crooked, short, flattened—shown as cautionary. A teacher gestures with a stylus, with Kāśī temple spires in the distance.
FAQs
Prosperity and loss are portrayed as karmically patterned; one should cultivate dharma so that fortune supports spiritual progress rather than mere indulgence.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, though this verse itself is not a tīrtha-description.
None; the verse provides omens (lakṣaṇa) rather than instructions for vrata, dāna, or snāna.