अष्टादशांगुलततमुरः पीवरमुन्नतम् । सुखाय दुःखाय भवेद्रोमशं विषमं पृथु
aṣṭādaśāṃgulatatamuraḥ pīvaramunnatam | sukhāya duḥkhāya bhavedromaśaṃ viṣamaṃ pṛthu
ಹದಿನೆಂಟು ಅಂಗುಲ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ, ತುಂಬಿದ ಮತ್ತು ಎತ್ತಿದ ವಕ್ಷಸ್ಥಳ—ರೋಮಸಮೂಹ ಸಮವಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಸುಖಕರ; ಅಸಮವಾಗಿ, ವ್ಯಾಪಕವಾಗಿ ಇದ್ದರೆ ದುಃಖಕರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ।
Skanda
Scene: A schematic, almost śāstric scene: a measuring cord (aṅgula/pramāṇa) motif beside a calm figure; two paths or two lamps symbolize ‘sukha’ and ‘duḥkha’ depending on even/uneven body-hair.
It teaches that results are not fixed by one feature alone; multiple signs are weighed to infer auspiciousness.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is embedded within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative frame.
None.