Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69
पादांगुष्ठनखज्योतिः प्रभया कस्य न प्रभा । विवेकजनिताऽध्वंसि मुने तस्या मृगीदृशः
pādāṃguṣṭhanakhajyotiḥ prabhayā kasya na prabhā | vivekajanitā'dhvaṃsi mune tasyā mṛgīdṛśaḥ
Par l’éclat du ongle de son gros orteil, quelle splendeur ne serait éclipsée ? Ô muni, la ferme résolution née du discernement de cette jeune fille aux yeux de biche dissipe les charmes inférieurs.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame) / a ‘muni’ addressed within the episode
Scene: A radiant maiden in Kāśī; a subtle halo-like glow emanates from the nail of her great toe, while the sage-narration frames her beauty as born of discernment and devotion.
FAQs
True ‘radiance’ is linked to viveka—discernment and inner purity—suggesting that spiritual clarity surpasses external allure within Kāśī’s dharmic ideal.
Kāśī as the overarching sacred geography; this verse itself does not name a particular tirtha.
None explicitly.