Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अनंगभू नियमतोऽदृश्ये मध्ये नतभ्रुवः । रोमालीलक्षिकामूर्ध्वामिव यष्टिं विधिर्व्यधात्
anaṃgabhū niyamato'dṛśye madhye natabhruvaḥ | romālīlakṣikāmūrdhvāmiva yaṣṭiṃ vidhirvyadhāt
Dengan pengekangan yang teratur, Sang Pencipta membentuk pinggangnya begitu halus hingga hampir tidak kelihatan—laksana sebatang tongkat yang ramping—dan di bahagian atasnya diguratkan garis bulu tubuh seakan-akan suatu tanda.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: The heroine’s waist is described as so subtle it is nearly invisible, like a slender staff; above it the romāvalī (line of body hair) appears like a mark/sign on that staff—an image of delicate proportion and crafted restraint.
FAQs
The verse uses refined poetic imagery to show how extraordinary qualities are ‘crafted’ under divine order, within the sanctity of Kāśī’s dharmic landscape.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) broadly; the shloka supports the chapter’s Kāśī-māhātmya setting without naming a distinct tirtha.
None; it is descriptive praise.