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Varaha Purana 175.18: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 18

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

सुश्लिष्टाङ्गुलिपादा तु नखास्ताम्रोज्ज्वलाः शुभाः ॥ गम्भीरा दक्षिणावर्त्ता नाभिस्त्रिवलिशोभिता ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.18

suśliṣṭāṅgulipādā tu nakhās tāmrôjjvalāḥ śubhāḥ | gambhīrā dakṣiṇāvarttā nābhis trivaliśobhitā ||

她的手指与足趾紧密匀称;指甲吉祥,闪耀着铜色光辉。她的脐深而右旋,并以三道优美的褶纹为饰。

सुश्लिष्ट-अङ्गुलि-पादाhaving well-joined fingers/toes and feet
सुश्लिष्ट-अङ्गुलि-पादा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुश्लिष्ट (कृदन्त; √श्लिष्) + अङ्गुलि (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (sg); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विशेष्यः: पादा)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे “but/indeed”
नखाःnails
नखाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (pl)
ताम्र-उज्ज्वलाःcopper-reddish and shining
ताम्र-उज्ज्वलाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootताम्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (ताम्राः एव उज्ज्वलाः)
शुभाःauspicious/beautiful
शुभाः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; नखाः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्
गम्भीराdeep
गम्भीरा:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाभिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
दक्षिण-आवर्त्ताright-turning (clockwise)
दक्षिण-आवर्त्ता:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + आवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दक्षिणः आवर्तः यस्याः)
नाभिःnavel
नाभिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
त्रि-वलि-शोभिताadorned with three folds
त्रि-वलि-शोभिता:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वलि (प्रातिपदिक) + शोभित (कृदन्त; √शुभ्/√शोभ्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘शोभित’; तत्पुरुषः (त्रिवलिभिः शोभिता)

Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
S
Sanskrit Poetics
C
Cultural History

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It reflects a classical South Asian aesthetic vocabulary (strī-lakṣaṇa) used in Purāṇic narrative to convey idealized bodily markers, useful for cultural-history and literary studies.

No explicit location is named in this verse; it is primarily descriptive rather than geographic.

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as narrative characterization through conventional aesthetic markers.

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