Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
स्वल्पाभिः कररेखाभिरारक्ताभिः सदासुखी । लिंगेन कृशह्रस्वेन राजराजो भविष्यति
svalpābhiḥ kararekhābhirāraktābhiḥ sadāsukhī | liṃgena kṛśahrasvena rājarājo bhaviṣyati
اگر ہاتھوں میں چند، ہلکی سرخی مائل لکیریں ہوں تو وہ ہمیشہ خوش رہتا ہے؛ اور اگر اس کا عضوِ تناسل دبلا اور چھوٹا ہو تو وہ بادشاہوں کا بھی بادشاہ بنتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A palm with few faint reddish lines is shown beside royal insignia (umbrella, chowries) in a Kāśī courtyard; the figure is portrayed as disciplined and restrained, hinting at the verse’s claim of becoming ‘rājādhirāja’.
FAQs
Happiness and rulership are treated as fruits of prior merit, read through traditional lakṣaṇa indicators.
This is within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse but does not glorify a specific tīrtha in the verse.
None; the verse is classificatory rather than prescriptive.