Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
ग्रीवाजंघा मेहनैश्च त्रिभिर्ह्रस्वोयमीडितः । स्वरेण सत्त्वनाभिभ्यां त्रिगंभीरः शिशुः शुभः
grīvājaṃghā mehanaiśca tribhirhrasvoyamīḍitaḥ | svareṇa sattvanābhibhyāṃ trigaṃbhīraḥ śiśuḥ śubhaḥ
ग्रीवा, जंघा व मेहन्—या तिन्ही बाबतीत हा ‘ह्रस्व’ म्हणून स्तुत्य आहे; तसेच स्वर, सत्त्व व नाभी यांमुळे हा शुभ शिशु ‘त्रिगंभीर’ आहे.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sage notes three short features (neck, shanks, generative organ) and three deep qualities (voice, vitality, navel) in an auspicious infant; parents listen with reverence near a ghat-side setting.
FAQs
Puranic dharma links inner strength (voice, vitality) with auspicious destiny, implying that power should mature into righteous conduct.
Kāśī remains the macro-context of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse focuses on personal auspicious signs.
None; it is descriptive—classifying bodily features as auspicious according to lakṣaṇa tradition.