Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
गंभीरा दक्षिणावर्ता नाभी स्यात्सुखसंपदे । वामावर्ता समुत्ताना व्यक्तग्रंथिर्न शोभना
gaṃbhīrā dakṣiṇāvartā nābhī syātsukhasaṃpade | vāmāvartā samuttānā vyaktagraṃthirna śobhanā
ಗಂಭೀರವಾಗಿ ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾವರ್ತವಾಗಿರುವ ನಾಭಿ ಸುಖಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವೆಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಆದರೆ ವಾಮಾವರ್ತ, ಉಬ್ಬಿದ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ಗ್ರಂಥಿಯುಳ್ಳ ನಾಭಿ ಶೋಭನವಾಗದು.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic composition: the teacher gestures to a diagram-like whirl (right-turning vs left-turning) while the Gaṅgā flows behind; the scene emphasizes auspicious rightward motion akin to pradakṣiṇā around a liṅga.
FAQs
The text praises balanced, auspicious order (dakṣiṇāvarta) as a symbol of well-being, encouraging alignment with dharma and harmony.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no distinct tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a statement of signs and their results.