Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
पादौ सुमांसलौ रक्तौ समौ सूक्ष्मौ सुशौभनौ । समगुल्फौ स्वेदहीनौ स्निग्धावैश्वर्यसूचकौ
pādau sumāṃsalau raktau samau sūkṣmau suśaubhanau | samagulphau svedahīnau snigdhāvaiśvaryasūcakau
ಮಾಂಸಲ, ರಕ್ತವರ್ಣ, ಸಮ, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಪಾದಗಳು; ಸಮ ಗುಲ್ಫಗಳು, ಅಧಿಕ ಸ್ವೇದವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸಹಜ ಸ್ನಿಗ್ಧತೆ—ಇವು ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಸೂಚಕ ಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳು।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee’s feet—well-fleshed, reddish, smooth—stand on wet stone steps of a Kāśī ghāṭa after snāna; balanced ankles are emphasized; a faint lotus motif appears in the water reflection, hinting at Śrī.
FAQs
Prosperity is framed as a visible outcome of accumulated merit, reflected in auspicious physical harmony.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting underlies the teaching, but no single shrine or ghāṭa is named in this verse.
None; it provides lakṣaṇas (signs) and their phala (results).