Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
सर्वैरपि गुणैर्युक्ता सर्वलक्षण लक्षिता । सप्तरक्ता त्रिगंभीरा पञ्चसूक्ष्माऽबृहत्कटिः
sarvairapi guṇairyuktā sarvalakṣaṇa lakṣitā | saptaraktā trigaṃbhīrā pañcasūkṣmā'bṛhatkaṭiḥ
അവൾ എല്ലാ ഗുണങ്ങളാലും സമ്പന്നയും എല്ലാ ശുഭലക്ഷണങ്ങളാലും ലക്ഷിതയുമായിരുന്നു—സപ്തരക്ത സൗന്ദര്യങ്ങളുള്ളവൾ, ത്രിഗംഭീരതയുള്ളവൾ, പഞ്ചസൂക്ഷ്മ ലക്ഷണങ്ങളുള്ളവൾ, വിശാലമല്ലാത്ത കട്ടിയുള്ളവൾ.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poised young maiden depicted with classical auspicious markers—subtle redness in lips/palms/soles, dignified ‘depths’ (navel/voice/eyes implied), delicate features—presented in a courtly yet dharmic setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic literature often links outer auspicious marks with inner virtue, presenting dharmic excellence as both ethical and auspicious.
This verse is descriptive within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the specific tīrtha is not named in the provided snippet.
None in this verse; it focuses on auspicious description rather than vrata, dāna, or snāna.