Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
स्यातां दोषौ सुनिर्दोषौ गूढास्थि ग्रंथिकोमलौ । विशिरौ च विरोमाणौ सरलौ हरिणीदृशाम्
syātāṃ doṣau sunirdoṣau gūḍhāsthi graṃthikomalau | viśirau ca viromāṇau saralau hariṇīdṛśām
कक्ष-प्रदेश पूर्ण निर्दोष असावा—हाडे गूढ, लहान मांस-ग्रंथी कोमल; शिरा उठून दिसू नयेत, रोम अल्प असावे, आणि रचना सरळ-सुबक असावी—असे हरिणीदृष्टी स्त्रियांमध्ये प्रशंसिले जाते.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A modest, idealized portrait of a ‘harinī-dṛś’ woman—gentle gaze, balanced posture—while the narrator enumerates ‘nirdoṣa’ signs; background includes Kāśī river steps and a quiet shrine, emphasizing didactic serenity over sensuality.
FAQs
Auspiciousness is associated with harmony, concealment of harshness, and gentle form—symbolically aligning beauty with sattvic balance.
Kāśī is the macro-context, but no individual tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.