Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
वंशवेतसपत्राभो गजरोमोच्चनासिकः । विकटः कुटिलाकारो लंबगल्लस्तथाऽशुभः
vaṃśavetasapatrābho gajaromoccanāsikaḥ | vikaṭaḥ kuṭilākāro laṃbagallastathā'śubhaḥ
La que se asemeja a la hoja de bambú o de caña, con vello como el de un elefante y una ‘nariz’ prominente; de aspecto grotesco, de forma torcida y con ‘mejillas’ colgantes, es también inauspiciosa.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Symbolic botanical and animal metaphors juxtaposed: bamboo/cane leaf, elephant-hair motif, and distorted facial-feature metaphors rendered as abstract warning emblems in a manuscript illustration.
FAQs
It continues a descriptive catalog of inauspicious markers; its role is narrative/traditional rather than a pilgrimage injunction.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.