Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
प्रदेशिनी भवेद्यस्या अंगुष्ठाव्यतिरेकिणी । कन्यैव कुलटा सा स्यादेष एव विनिश्चयः
pradeśinī bhavedyasyā aṃguṣṭhāvyatirekiṇī | kanyaiva kulaṭā sā syādeṣa eva viniścayaḥ
যাৰ পায়েৰ তৰ্জনী আঙুলি ডাঙৰ আঙুলিতকৈ দীঘল হয়, সি ‘প্ৰদেশিনী’ বুলি কোৱা হয়। সি কন্যা অৱস্থাতো কুলটা বুলি গণ্য—এইয়েই স্থিৰ সিদ্ধান্ত।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A close-up of feet showing the index toe extending beyond the big toe; a caption-like label ‘Pradeśinī’; a moralizing backdrop of a household threshold and a distant Kāśī shrine.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional omen-based moral reading of bodily signs, ultimately pointing to the Purāṇic concern for ethical conduct and self-restraint.
Kāśī is the larger sacred frame of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse is not directly describing a tīrtha.
None.