अतिविस्तृत पादं च दीर्घवक्रकृशांगुलिम् । अस्थिचर्मावशेषेण शिराताडितविग्रहम्
ativistṛta pādaṃ ca dīrghavakrakṛśāṃgulim | asthicarmāvaśeṣeṇa śirātāḍitavigraham
足は極端に幅広く、足指は長く、曲がりくねり、細かった。骨と皮だけであるため、全身が打ちのめされ、膨れ上がった血管の筋が走っているように見えた。
Skanda (contextual narration to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-sabhā (frame implied)
Scene: Close focus on the preta’s feet: overly broad soles, long crooked thin toes; the rest of the body is sinewy with vein-stripes, emphasizing deprivation and karmic distortion.
It strengthens the narrative’s moral force: suffering follows degraded conduct, while sacred merit offers relief.
Kāśī is the sanctified setting; no particular tīrtha is named in this line.
None.