Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

स्यातां दोषौ सुनिर्दोषौ गूढास्थि ग्रंथिकोमलौ । विशिरौ च विरोमाणौ सरलौ हरिणीदृशाम्

Transliteration

syātāṃ doṣau sunirdoṣau gūḍhāsthi graṃthikomalau | viśirau ca viromāṇau saralau hariṇīdṛśām

Translation

（腋下）应当无瑕、确然无过：骨不外露，肉结细软；青筋不显，毛发稀少；端直而匀称——此乃鹿眼女子所称赞之相。

Word by Word

• syātāṃ: should be
• syātāṃ: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Vidhilin (Optative), 3rd Person, Dual

• doṣau: two arms/forearms
• doṣau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dos (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• sunirdoṣau: very faultless
• sunirdoṣau: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sunirdoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• gūḍhāsthi: hidden-boned
• gūḍhāsthi: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gūḍhāsthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Stem/Compound Component

• granthikomalau: soft in the joints
• granthikomalau: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: granthikomala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• viśirau: veinless
• viśirau: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ca: and
• ca: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• viromāṇau: hairless
• viromāṇau: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viroman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• saralau: straight
• saralau: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• hariṇīdṛśām: of deer-eyed women
• hariṇīdṛśām: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hariṇīdṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A modest, idealized portrait of a ‘harinī-dṛś’ woman—gentle gaze, balanced posture—while the narrator enumerates ‘nirdoṣa’ signs; background includes Kāśī river steps and a quiet shrine, emphasizing didactic serenity over sensuality.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is associated with harmony, concealment of harshness, and gentle form—symbolically aligning beauty with sattvic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the macro-context, but no individual tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.