Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
चामरांकुशकोदंडै राजपत्नी भवेद्ध्रुवम् । अंगुष्ठमूलान्निर्गत्य रेखा याति कनिष्ठिकाम्
cāmarāṃkuśakodaṃḍai rājapatnī bhaveddhruvam | aṃguṣṭhamūlānnirgatya rekhā yāti kaniṣṭhikām
With marks resembling a chāmara (ritual fly-whisk), an elephant-goad, or a bow, she surely becomes a king’s wife. A line that emerges from the base of the thumb and runs toward the little finger is also described.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: A learned Kāśī paṇḍita examines a woman’s palm, pointing to emblem-like marks (cāmara, aṅkuśa, kodanda) and a line rising from the thumb-base toward the little finger, while family elders listen.
FAQs
Signs are used to express karmic fruition in status and protection under righteous rule.
None explicitly; the verse belongs to the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.