कपोलौ वक्त्रमधरोत्तरोष्ठौ द्विजजिह्विकाः । घंटिका तालुहसितं नासिकाक्षुतमक्षिणी
kapolau vaktramadharottaroṣṭhau dvijajihvikāḥ | ghaṃṭikā tāluhasitaṃ nāsikākṣutamakṣiṇī
Betrachte die beiden Wangen, das Antlitz, Unter- und Oberlippe, Zähne und Zunge; das Zäpfchen, den Gaumen und das Lächeln; die Nase und das Niesen sowie die Augen.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic setting in Kāśī: a sage-like narrator enumerates facial features as auspicious marks, with a calm, scholastic ambience—palm-leaf manuscript, seated listeners, subtle संकेत (indications) of Kāśī in the background (ghats/temple spires).
Speech and perception (mouth and eyes) are treated as significant indicators—hinting that inner character expresses itself through outward faculties.
None; the verse remains within the broader Kāśī-khaṇḍa context without a specific site reference.
None.