Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
विशिरैः करभाकारैरूरुभिर्मसृणैर्घनैः । सुवृत्तैरोमरहितैर्भवेयुर्भूपवल्लभाः
viśiraiḥ karabhākārairūrubhirmasṛṇairghanaiḥ | suvṛttairomarahitairbhaveyurbhūpavallabhāḥ
ស្ត្រីដែលមានភ្លៅទូលាយ បានរាងល្អ ដូចទ្រនាប់ដំរី (ស្រដៀងខ្លួនស្នែងដំរី) រលោង មាំមួន មូលស្អាត និងគ្មានរោម—នាងនឹងក្លាយជាទីស្រឡាញ់របស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ។
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Scene: Courtly idealization: a noblewoman with well-formed, smooth, firm thighs likened to an elephant’s trunk (karabha), presented as a sign of being ‘beloved of kings’.
FAQs
Auspicious bodily proportions are celebrated as outward signs of inner balance and favorable destiny within the lakṣaṇa tradition.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī), though no individual tīrtha is named.
None.