Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
मत्स्येन सुभगा नारी स्वस्तिकेन वसुप्रदा । पद्मेन भूपतेः पत्नी जनयेद्भूपतिं सुतम्
matsyena subhagā nārī svastikena vasupradā | padmena bhūpateḥ patnī janayedbhūpatiṃ sutam
If the fish-mark is seen, the woman is fortunate; with a svastika-mark (卍), she becomes a giver of wealth. With a lotus-mark, she becomes the wife of a king and gives birth to a kingly son.
Skanda
Scene: Close view of a palm bearing distinct emblems: a fish, a svastika, and a lotus; behind, a symbolic progression—household prosperity, then royal court, then a crowned child—rendered as vignettes with Kāśī’s ghats as backdrop.
FAQs
Prosperity and social elevation are framed as outcomes of accumulated merit, symbolized through auspicious marks.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, though no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it lists omen-like indicators (marks) and their results.