Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अनंगभू नियमतोऽदृश्ये मध्ये नतभ्रुवः । रोमालीलक्षिकामूर्ध्वामिव यष्टिं विधिर्व्यधात्
anaṃgabhū niyamato'dṛśye madhye natabhruvaḥ | romālīlakṣikāmūrdhvāmiva yaṣṭiṃ vidhirvyadhāt
In bewusster Zurückhaltung formte der Schöpfer ihre Mitte so fein, dass sie fast unsichtbar ist—wie ein schlanker Stab—und zeichnete sie oben mit der Linie des Körperhaars, gleichsam als Zeichen.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: The heroine’s waist is described as so subtle it is nearly invisible, like a slender staff; above it the romāvalī (line of body hair) appears like a mark/sign on that staff—an image of delicate proportion and crafted restraint.
FAQs
The verse uses refined poetic imagery to show how extraordinary qualities are ‘crafted’ under divine order, within the sanctity of Kāśī’s dharmic landscape.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) broadly; the shloka supports the chapter’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting without naming a distinct tirtha.
None; it is descriptive praise.