Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
शस्तौ कपोलौ वामाक्ष्याः पीनौ वृत्तौ समुन्नतौ । रोमशौ परुषौ निम्नौ निर्मांसौ परिवर्जयेत्
śastau kapolau vāmākṣyāḥ pīnau vṛttau samunnatau | romaśau paruṣau nimnau nirmāṃsau parivarjayet
শুভ লক্ষণযুক্ত নাৰীৰ গাল ভৰা, গোল আৰু অলপ উঁচু হলে প্ৰশংসিত। কিন্তু গাল যদি ৰোমশ, খসখসীয়া, দোঁখোৱা বা মাংসহীন হয়, তেন্তে তাক অশুভ বুলি বর্জন কৰিব লাগে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Scene: A refined Kāśī domestic-courtly setting where elders describe auspicious feminine facial signs; focus on full, rounded, gently raised cheeks contrasted with inauspicious sunken/rough traits.
FAQs
It frames outer signs as traditional indicators of auspiciousness, encouraging discernment and avoidance of inauspicious traits.
The immediate verse is physiognomic; its broader placement is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the Purāṇic glorification of Kāśī.
No ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; it is a lakṣaṇa (signs/omens) instruction.