बस्तिः प्रशस्ता विपुला मृद्वीस्तोकसमुन्नता । रोमशा च शिराला च रेखांका नैव शोभना
bastiḥ praśastā vipulā mṛdvīstokasamunnatā | romaśā ca śirālā ca rekhāṃkā naiva śobhanā
बस्ति/कटि-प्रदेश विस्तीर्ण, मृदू व किंचित उन्नत असेल तर तो प्रशंसनीय; पण अतिरोमश, शिरायुक्त किंवा ठळक रेषांनी युक्त असेल तर तो शोभनीय नाही.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm instructional tableau: a sage explains auspicious bodily proportions; disciples listen with attentive, neutral expressions; Kāśī’s riverside steps and lamps suggest a sacred pedagogic atmosphere.
Auspiciousness is portrayed as harmony and moderation; extremes and harshness are treated as signs calling for greater care in dharmic living.
The setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this particular verse does not name a separate tīrtha.
None; the verse is a lakṣaṇa (descriptive) statement.