Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
विधवा विपुलेन स्याद्दीर्घांगुष्ठेन दुर्भगा । मृदवोंगुलयः शस्ता घनावृत्ताः समुन्नताः
vidhavā vipulena syāddīrghāṃguṣṭhena durbhagā | mṛdavoṃgulayaḥ śastā ghanāvṛttāḥ samunnatāḥ
അതിവിശാലമായ വലിയ വിരൽ ഉണ്ടായാൽ അവൾ വിധവയാകുമെന്നു; അതിദീർഘമായ വലിയ വിരൽ ഉണ്ടായാൽ ദുര്ഭാഗ്യവതിയെന്നു പറയുന്നു. മൃദുവായ വിരലുകൾ പ്രശംസനീയം—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഘനമായി, വൃത്തമായി, അല്പം ഉയർന്നവയായാൽ.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate teacher explains toe signs to a concerned woman devotee; the ‘broad’ and ‘overlong’ big toe are shown as cautionary, while soft, compact, rounded, slightly raised toes are shown as auspicious. Lamps and a Gaṅgā-view window set the Kāśī ambiance.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional karmic reading of bodily features, emphasizing that worldly conditions are seen as effects of prior actions and should be met with dharma and restraint.
The teaching sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework that extols Kāśī, though the verse itself is part of a physiognomic (lakṣaṇa) section.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse.