Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
समैः समांसैर्मृदुभिर्योषिन्मग्नास्थिभिः शुभैः । पार्श्वेः सौभाग्यसुखयोर्निधानं स्यादसंशयम्
samaiḥ samāṃsairmṛdubhiryoṣinmagnāsthibhiḥ śubhaiḥ | pārśveḥ saubhāgyasukhayornidhānaṃ syādasaṃśayam
وہ عورت جس کے پہلو ہموار، بھرے ہوئے، نرم اور مبارک ہوں—جس کی ہڈیاں نمایاں نہ ہوں بلکہ اچھی طرح جڑی ہوں—وہ بلاشبہ خوش قسمتی اور خوشی کا خزانہ ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: a learned narrator describing auspicious feminine ‘lakṣaṇas’ to listeners, with the city’s ghāṭs and temples suggested in the background.
FAQs
Wholeness, softness, and balance are celebrated as outward metaphors for inner harmony that supports sukha and saubhāgya.
The verse sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Kāśī-focused compilation, though it does not name a particular tīrtha.
None.