Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
चतुर्भिरंगुलैः शस्ता कटिर्विंशतिसंयुतैः । समुन्नतनितंबाढ्या चतुरस्रा मृगीदृशाम्
caturbhiraṃgulaiḥ śastā kaṭirviṃśatisaṃyutaiḥ | samunnatanitaṃbāḍhyā caturasrā mṛgīdṛśām
A waist of twenty finger-breadths is praised. She whose hips are well-filled, with uplifted buttocks, and whose form is four-sided and well-proportioned—such are the doe-eyed women described.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A courtly/śāstric setting where a narrator enumerates auspicious feminine proportions; the imagery is idealized and stylized rather than individualized, with emphasis on symmetry and poised stance.
FAQs
It functions as traditional lakṣaṇa (characteristic) description rather than a direct moral injunction, reflecting how Purāṇic narration includes worldly markers alongside sacred discourse.
The broader context is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, centered on Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), though this particular verse is descriptive and not naming a tīrtha.
None in this verse.