Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
अच्छिन्ना तर्जनीं व्याप्य तथा रेखास्य दृश्यते । कनिष्ठा पृष्ठनिर्याता दीर्घायुष्यं यथार्पयेत्
acchinnā tarjanīṃ vyāpya tathā rekhāsya dṛśyate | kaniṣṭhā pṛṣṭhaniryātā dīrghāyuṣyaṃ yathārpayet
तर्जनीं व्याप्य यद्यच्छिन्ना रेखा दृश्यते, कनिष्ठायाश्च रेखा पृष्ठनिर्याता भवति, तदा दीर्घायुष्यं तस्मै समर्पयेदिति कथ्यते।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up of a hand in lamplight: an unbroken line crossing the index finger and a line from the little finger extending toward the back; a sage points with a kusha tip while Gaṅgā’s shimmer appears blurred behind.
FAQs
Longevity is presented as a karmic fruit, recognized through auspicious signs rather than claimed through mere desire.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, but it does not name a particular tīrtha.
None; it is a descriptive omen-like teaching about bodily marks.