Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
नखेषु बिंदवः श्वेताः प्रायः स्युः स्वैरिणी स्त्रियाः । पुरुषा अपि जायंते दुःखिनः पुष्पितैर्नखैः
nakheṣu biṃdavaḥ śvetāḥ prāyaḥ syuḥ svairiṇī striyāḥ | puruṣā api jāyaṃte duḥkhinaḥ puṣpitairnakhaiḥ
ନଖରେ ଶ୍ୱେତ ବିନ୍ଦୁ ଥିଲେ ସାଧାରଣତଃ ସେ ନାରୀ ସ୍ୱୈରିଣୀ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ; ଏବଂ ପୁଷ୍ପିତ (ଛିଟା-ଛିଟା ଚିହ୍ନିତ) ନଖ ଥିବା ପୁରୁଷମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଦୁଃଖୀ ହୋଇ ଜନ୍ମନେଇଥାନ୍ତି।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moralizing tableau: a narrator indicates speckled nails (‘puṣpita’) on a hand; the listener reflects with concern; background shows a quiet Kāśī alley leading to a ghāṭa, suggesting introspection rather than spectacle.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional karmic-omen worldview, emphasizing moral restraint and the consequences of conduct.
The passage sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting, but no single tīrtha is highlighted in this verse.
None; it is an interpretive statement about bodily signs.