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
Mais si les flancs sont relevés, couverts de poils et que les os y paraissent saillants, on dit qu’elle est sans enfant et de mauvais caractère, devenant un réceptacle de chagrin.
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.