Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
मसृणो मत्तकाशिन्याश्चोत्तरोष्ठः सुभोगदः । किंचिन्मध्योन्नतोऽरोमा विपरीतो विरुद्धकृत्
masṛṇo mattakāśinyāścottaroṣṭhaḥ subhogadaḥ | kiṃcinmadhyonnato'romā viparīto viruddhakṛt
La lèvre supérieure, lisse et brillante d’un éclat vif, accorde une bonne jouissance et le confort. Mais si elle se relève quelque peu au milieu, sans poil et difforme (contraire en sa forme), on dit qu’elle mène à l’opposition et aux actes fautifs.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Scene: A calm, luminous upper lip signifying comfort and refined enjoyment; contrasted with a subtly ‘contrary’ shape indicating opposition—rendered symbolically rather than anatomically harsh.
FAQs
Gentle, balanced traits are linked with well-being, while distorted traits are associated with conflict—an ethical symbolism common in Purāṇic lakṣaṇa lore.
None explicitly; the verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s instructional material.
No ritual act is stated in this verse.