Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
प्रतिबिंबं भवेद्यस्य पदखंडपदाकृति । पांसौ वा कर्दमे वापि पंचमासान्स जीवति
pratibiṃbaṃ bhavedyasya padakhaṃḍapadākṛti | pāṃsau vā kardame vāpi paṃcamāsānsa jīvati
Wenn das Spiegelbild eines Menschen so erscheint, als seien die Füße gebrochen oder entstellt — sei es im Staub oder sogar im Schlamm —, so lebt er nur fünf Monate.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (ghāṭa environs)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A person looks down at a puddle or muddy patch on a Kāśī lane near a ghāṭa; the reflection shows feet appearing broken/deformed; onlookers react with hushed dread; temple flags flutter above.
FAQs
Distortions in one’s reflection are framed as wake-up calls—prompting repentance, charity, and remembrance of the Divine.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśī-mahātmya environment of the Skanda Purāṇa, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it describes an omen observed via reflection.