Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
Devanagari script
तुलामानाकृतीरेखे वणिक्पत्नीत्वहेतुके । गजवाजिवृषाकाराः करे वामे मृगीदृशाम्
Transliteration
tulāmānākṛtīrekhe vaṇikpatnītvahetuke | gajavājivṛṣākārāḥ kare vāme mṛgīdṛśām
Translation
若掌纹呈天平或量杆之形，便有成为商人之妻的因缘。又若鹿眼女子的左手上现象如大象、骏马或公牛之形，亦被视为重要的征相。
Word by Word
tulā-māna-ākṛtī-rekhetwo lines having the form of a balance/measure
tulā-māna-ākṛtī-rekhe:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottulā (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + rekhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया/संबोधन, द्विवचन (rekhe = rekhā-dual); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तुला-मानेन/तुला-माना-आकृतिः यस्याः) विशेषण-सम्बन्धः
vaṇik-patnītva-hetukecausing (one to become) a merchant’s wife
vaṇik-patnītva-hetuke:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootvaṇij (प्रातिपदिक) + patnītva (प्रातिपदिक; -tva) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया/संबोधन, द्विवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘वणिक्पत्नीत्वस्य हेतू’ इति (causal qualifier of rekhe)
gaja-vāji-vṛṣa-ākārāḥforms resembling elephant, horse, and bull
gaja-vāji-vṛṣa-ākārāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootgaja (प्रातिपदिक) + vājin (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (गज-वाजि-वृष-आकाराः = those having forms of elephant/horse/bull)
karein the hand
kare:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण
vāmeleft
vāme:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootvāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (of kare)
mṛgī-dṛśāmof doe-eyed women
mṛgī-dṛśām:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootmṛgī (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (मृगीव दृषः यस्याः सा) → ‘मृगीदृश्’ = doe-eyed woman; here genitive plural
Speaker
Skanda
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A palm bearing balance and measuring-rod-like line patterns; adjacent motifs of elephant, horse, and bull appear as faint auspicious silhouettes on the left hand; a bustling Kāśī bazaar near ghats subtly frames the symbolism.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīS
SkandaA
AgastyaFAQs
Worldly roles and livelihoods are described as karmic outcomes, signified through bodily marks.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s setting is Kāśī, but the verse does not praise a specific tīrtha.
None.