Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
सा पांसुला प्रजायेत कुलत्रयविनाशिनी । यस्याः कनिष्ठिका भूमिं न गच्छंत्याः परिस्पृशेत्
sā pāṃsulā prajāyeta kulatrayavināśinī | yasyāḥ kaniṣṭhikā bhūmiṃ na gacchaṃtyāḥ parispṛśet
તે ‘પાંસુલા’ રૂપે જન્મે છે—કુલની ત્રણ પેઢીનો વિનાશ કરનારી. જેની કનિષ્ઠિકા (નાનું આંગળું) ચાલતાં પણ ભૂમિને યોગ્ય રીતે સ્પર્શતી નથી.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman labeled ‘Pāṃsulā’ in narrative art: her gait appears unnatural, her little toe lifted from the earth; behind her, a fading family tree motif symbolizes ‘kula-traya-vināśa’.
FAQs
It warns that adharma can harm not only the individual but also the stability of the family line, stressing responsibility and restraint.
The verse is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching, though not itself a tīrtha-glorification.
None.