Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
विधवा विपुलेन स्याद्दीर्घांगुष्ठेन दुर्भगा । मृदवोंगुलयः शस्ता घनावृत्ताः समुन्नताः
vidhavā vipulena syāddīrghāṃguṣṭhena durbhagā | mṛdavoṃgulayaḥ śastā ghanāvṛttāḥ samunnatāḥ
親趾があまりに幅広ければ寡婦となると言われ、あまりに長ければ不運とされる。趾は柔らかいものが賞され、とりわけ締まりがあり、丸く、わずかに高いものが良い。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate teacher explains toe signs to a concerned woman devotee; the ‘broad’ and ‘overlong’ big toe are shown as cautionary, while soft, compact, rounded, slightly raised toes are shown as auspicious. Lamps and a Gaṅgā-view window set the Kāśī ambiance.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional karmic reading of bodily features, emphasizing that worldly conditions are seen as effects of prior actions and should be met with dharma and restraint.
The teaching sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework that extols Kāśī, though the verse itself is part of a physiognomic (lakṣaṇa) section.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse.