Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
Devanagari script
रोमशेन शिरालेन प्रांशुना रोगिणी मता
Transliteration
romaśena śirālena prāṃśunā rogiṇī matā
Translation
അധിക രോമമുള്ളതും, ശിരകൾ തെളിഞ്ഞു കാണുന്നതും, അതിയായി ഉയരം കൂടിയതുമായ സ്ത്രീയെ രോഗിണിയെന്നു കരുതിയിരിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
रोमशेनwith hairiness
रोमशेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootरोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (by/with hairiness)
शिरालेनwith prominent veins
शिरालेन:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिराल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (veiny/sinewy)
प्रांशुनाwith tallness
प्रांशुना:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रांशु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (tall)
रोगिणीa sickly woman
रोगिणी:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootरोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्
मताis considered
मता:
Kriyā (Predicate/State)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त-कृदन्तम् (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘considered’
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A concise diagnostic statement: the teacher notes hairiness, visible veins, and excessive height as signs of sickness; listeners respond with thoughtful concern.
Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (context)S
Skanda (context)A
Agastya (context)FAQs
It presents a traditional omen-style association between bodily traits and health, typical of lakṣaṇa passages.
No tīrtha is specified in this line; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa compilation connected to Kāśī.
None.