Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
स तं शिशुं समालोक्य नखाग्रान्मूर्द्धजावधिम् । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयन ईषद्धास्यमथाऽकरोत्
sa taṃ śiśuṃ samālokya nakhāgrānmūrddhajāvadhim | vismayotphullanayana īṣaddhāsyamathā'karot
اس نے اس بچے کو ناخنوں کی نوک سے لے کر سر کے بالوں تک غور سے دیکھا۔ حیرت سے اس کی آنکھیں پھیل گئیں، پھر اس نے ہلکی سی مسکراہٹ کی۔
Sūta (continuing narration)
Scene: A serene āśrama setting: a learned brāhmaṇa carefully examines a small child from feet to head, eyes widened in wonder, then a restrained, knowing smile; the father watches attentively.
FAQs
Auspicious signs and enlightened discernment are portrayed as confirmations of dharmic destiny unfolding within a sanctified āśrama.
The hermitage locale (near Camatkārapura) remains the implied sacred setting; the tīrtha-mahātmya develops through the ongoing account.
None; it narrates an examination according to sāmudrika-śāstra, not a rite.