Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
तावत्सर्वाणि गात्राणि तस्यातिमहसः शिशोः । ऊर्वोरुपरिसिद्धानि दंडांतर्निवासिनः
tāvatsarvāṇi gātrāṇi tasyātimahasaḥ śiśoḥ | ūrvoruparisiddhāni daṃḍāṃtarnivāsinaḥ
तोवर त्या अतितेजस्वी शिशूचे सर्व अवयव मांड्यांच्या वरपर्यंतच सिद्ध झाले होते—जणू तो दंडाच्या आत निवास करणारा असावा।
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant child emerging, formed only above the thighs, glowing intensely; the lower body remains unformed, evoking both wonder and sorrow; a symbolic staff (daṇḍa) motif appears as destiny-sign.
FAQs
Premature outcomes can manifest as incompleteness; dharma honors maturation and the natural unfolding of time.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as mythic background within the Kāśī-centered text.
None.