Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
यस्यादृश्य शिरे पार्श्वे उन्नते रोमसंयुते । निरपत्या च दुःशीला सा भवेद्दुःखशेवधिः
yasyādṛśya śire pārśve unnate romasaṃyute | nirapatyā ca duḥśīlā sā bhavedduḥkhaśevadhiḥ
But if the sides are raised, covered with hair, and the bones are visibly prominent, she is said to be childless and ill-natured—becoming a storehouse of sorrow.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary teaching scene: the narrator contrasts auspicious and inauspicious marks, with listeners reflecting soberly; Kāśī’s sacred backdrop remains serene.
FAQs
The verse warns against harshness and imbalance, presenting them as signs associated with suffering, thereby valuing gentleness and harmony in dharmic life.
Kāśī is the textual setting, but no distinct tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.