Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
पाटलो वर्तुलः स्निग्धो लेखाभूषितमध्यभूः । सीमंतिनी नामधरो धराजानि प्रियो भवेत्
pāṭalo vartulaḥ snigdho lekhābhūṣitamadhyabhūḥ | sīmaṃtinī nāmadharo dharājāni priyo bhavet
جس کی وہ علامت کنول جیسی گلابی، گول اور چمک دار ہو، اور درمیان کا حصہ باریک لکیروں سے مزین ہو، وہ عورتوں کو محبوب ہوتا ہے؛ ایسے شخص کو ‘سیمنتنی نام دھَر’ کہا جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Scene: A symbolic depiction of a lotus-pink, rounded, glossy ‘mark’ with fine lines at the center; courtly admiration motif—being ‘dear to women’—kept tasteful and classical.
FAQs
Traditional lakṣaṇa teachings link pleasant form and orderly markings with social harmony and affection, treating them as signs of auspicious karma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī glorification.
None; it classifies auspicious signs and their results.