अतिविस्तृत पादं च दीर्घवक्रकृशांगुलिम् । अस्थिचर्मावशेषेण शिराताडितविग्रहम्
ativistṛta pādaṃ ca dīrghavakrakṛśāṃgulim | asthicarmāvaśeṣeṇa śirātāḍitavigraham
ତା’ର ପାଦ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ ଥିଲା ଏବଂ ଆଙ୍ଗୁଠିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଲମ୍ବା, ବଙ୍କା ଓ ପତଳା ଥିଲା । କେବଳ ଅସ୍ଥି ଓ ଚର୍ମ ଅବଶେଷ ହେତୁ ତା’ର ଶରୀର ଶିରାରେ ପରିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଦେଖାଯାଉଥିଲା ।
Skanda (contextual narration to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-sabhā (frame implied)
Scene: Close focus on the preta’s feet: overly broad soles, long crooked thin toes; the rest of the body is sinewy with vein-stripes, emphasizing deprivation and karmic distortion.
It strengthens the narrative’s moral force: suffering follows degraded conduct, while sacred merit offers relief.
Kāśī is the sanctified setting; no particular tīrtha is named in this line.
None.