Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
वक्षः कुक्ष्यलकं स्कंध करं वक्त्रं षडुन्नतम् । तथाऽत्र दृश्यते बाले महदैश्वर्यभाग्यथा
vakṣaḥ kukṣyalakaṃ skaṃdha karaṃ vaktraṃ ṣaḍunnatam | tathā'tra dṛśyate bāle mahadaiśvaryabhāgyathā
His chest, abdomen, curls of hair, shoulders, hands, and face are six raised features; thus, in this boy, signs are seen that befit a share in great sovereignty and prosperity.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage enumerates six ‘raised’ features—chest, abdomen, curls, shoulders, hands, face—indicating great sovereignty; the child is shown radiant, upright posture, with parents and attendants suggesting future royalty.
FAQs
Prosperity and authority are presented as karmically signaled, meant to culminate in righteous protection and generosity.
The narrative belongs to the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though the verse itself is about auspicious marks rather than a site.
None; it is an interpretive description of bodily features as auspicious indicators.