Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
मसृणो मत्तकाशिन्याश्चोत्तरोष्ठः सुभोगदः । किंचिन्मध्योन्नतोऽरोमा विपरीतो विरुद्धकृत्
masṛṇo mattakāśinyāścottaroṣṭhaḥ subhogadaḥ | kiṃcinmadhyonnato'romā viparīto viruddhakṛt
मसृण व मत्त-दीप्तियुक्त उत्तरोष्ठ सुभोग व सुख देतो. पण जो उत्तरोष्ठ मध्यभागी किंचित उंचावलेला, रोमहीन व विकृत (विपरीताकार) असेल, तो विरोध व अनुचित कर्म घडवितो असे म्हणतात।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Scene: A calm, luminous upper lip signifying comfort and refined enjoyment; contrasted with a subtly ‘contrary’ shape indicating opposition—rendered symbolically rather than anatomically harsh.
FAQs
Gentle, balanced traits are linked with well-being, while distorted traits are associated with conflict—an ethical symbolism common in Purāṇic lakṣaṇa lore.
None explicitly; the verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s instructional material.
No ritual act is stated in this verse.
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