Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
अरुणाः सशिखास्तुंगाः करजाः सुदृशांशुभाः । निम्ना विवर्णाः शुक्त्याभाः पीता दारिद्र्यदायकाः
aruṇāḥ saśikhāstuṃgāḥ karajāḥ sudṛśāṃśubhāḥ | nimnā vivarṇāḥ śuktyābhāḥ pītā dāridryadāyakāḥ
নখ যদি ৰঙচুৱা, শিখাযুক্ত আৰু অলপ উঁচু হয়, তেন্তে সেয়া শুভ আৰু দৰ্শনীয় বুলি গণ্য; কিন্তু নখ যদি নিম্ন, বিবৰ্ণ, শুক্তিসদৃশ ফিকে দীপ্তিময় বা পীত হয়, তেন্তে দাৰিদ্ৰ্য দান কৰে বুলি কোৱা হৈছে।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher points to hands showing nails: auspicious reddish raised nails contrasted with pale/yellow sunken nails; backdrop hints of Kāśī ghāṭas and lamps at dusk.
FAQs
Prosperity and hardship are portrayed as karmically signaled; dharmic conduct is implied as the true safeguard beyond omens.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s overarching setting is Kāśī; this particular verse does not name a specific tīrtha.
None; the verse classifies auspicious/inauspicious physical traits.