Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
शुभः कमठपृष्ठाभो गजस्कंधोपमो भगः । वामोन्नतस्तु कन्याजः पुत्रजो दक्षिणोन्नतः
śubhaḥ kamaṭhapṛṣṭhābho gajaskaṃdhopamo bhagaḥ | vāmonnatastu kanyājaḥ putrajo dakṣiṇonnataḥ
Bhaga (yoni) yang mujur dikatakan menyerupai punggung kura-kura atau bahu gajah. Jika lebih menonjol di kiri, dikatakan menghasilkan anak perempuan; jika lebih menonjol di kanan, dikatakan menghasilkan anak laki-laki.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Symbolic depiction using the similes: tortoise-back and elephant-shoulder motifs as auspicious emblems; the scene is best rendered allegorically (icons and symbols) rather than anatomically explicit.
FAQs
It records traditional omen-like interpretations of bodily features; it is ancillary narrative material rather than the central Kāśī-māhātmya doctrine.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the broader textual frame is the sanctity of Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.