Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
समैः समांसैर्मृदुभिर्योषिन्मग्नास्थिभिः शुभैः । पार्श्वेः सौभाग्यसुखयोर्निधानं स्यादसंशयम्
samaiḥ samāṃsairmṛdubhiryoṣinmagnāsthibhiḥ śubhaiḥ | pārśveḥ saubhāgyasukhayornidhānaṃ syādasaṃśayam
A woman whose sides are even, well-fleshed, soft, and auspicious—whose bones are not prominent but well-set—is, without doubt, a treasury of good fortune and happiness.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: a learned narrator describing auspicious feminine ‘lakṣaṇas’ to listeners, with the city’s ghāṭs and temples suggested in the background.
FAQs
Wholeness, softness, and balance are celebrated as outward metaphors for inner harmony that supports sukha and saubhāgya.
The verse sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Kāśī-focused compilation, though it does not name a particular tīrtha.
None.