Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
चिपिटाभिर्भवेद्दासी विरलाभिर्दरिद्रिणी । परस्परं समारूढाः पादांगुल्यो भवंति हि
cipiṭābhirbhaveddāsī viralābhirdaridriṇī | parasparaṃ samārūḍhāḥ pādāṃgulyo bhavaṃti hi
足の指が平たくつぶれているなら、仕える身となると言われる。指の間が広く離れているなら、貧しき女となる。まことに、足指が互いに重なり合うこともある。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kāśī setting where a teacher explains toe shapes; in the background, a charitable scene at a ghāṭa: feeding the poor and serving pilgrims, reframing ‘daridrya’ as a call to compassion. Overlapping toes are shown neutrally as anatomical variation.
FAQs
It presents social condition as karmically indicated, reinforcing the Purāṇic ethic of humility and dharma regardless of status.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context is the glorification of Kāśī, though this verse itself is an omen-description.
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