Agni Purana

अनसूया दया क्षान्तिर्मङ्गलाचारयुक्तता । शौचं स्पृहा त्वकार्पण्यमनायासश्च शौर्य्यता ।। २४३.

Non-envy, compassion, patience, auspicious conduct, purity, aspiration, humility, effortlessness, and courage.

त्रित्रिकस्त्रिप्रलम्बः स्याद्‌वृषणो भुजयोर्नरः । दिग्देशजातिवर्गांश्च तेजसा यशसा श्रिया ।। २४३.

Threefold, three hanging, the testicles and arms of a man; the regions, birth, classes, by brilliance, fame, and fortune.

व्याप्नोति यस्त्रिकव्यापि त्रिबलीमान्नरस्त्वसौ । उदरे बलयस्तिस्त्रो नरन्त्रिविनतं श्रृणु ।। २४३.

He who spreads in three ways, three lines; in the belly, three strengths; listen to the man who is threefold bent.

देवतानां द्विजानाञ्च गुरूणां प्रणतस्तु यः । धर्मार्थकामकालज्ञस्त्रिकालज्ञोऽभिधीयते ।। २४३.

He who bows to the deities, the twice-born, and teachers, who knows the proper times for righteousness, wealth, and pleasure, is called one who knows the three times.

उरो ललाटं वक्त्रञ्च त्रिवस्तीर्णो विलेखवान् । द्वौ पाणी द्वौ तथा पादौ ध्वजच्छत्रादिभिर्युतौ ।। २४३.

He who marks the chest, forehead, and face with three lines, whose two hands and two feet are adorned with banners, parasols, and similar items.

अङ्गुल्यो हृदयं पृष्ठं कटिः शस्तं चतुःसमं । षण्णवत्यह्गुलोत्सेधश्चतुष्किष्कुप्रमाणतः ।। २४३.

The fingers, heart, back, and waist are each fourfold; the height of ninety-six fingers and the measure of four spans.

द्रंष्ट्राश्चतस्रश्चन्द्राभाश्चतुःकृष्णं वदामि ते । नेत्रतारौ ब्रुवौ श्मश्रुः कृष्णाः केशास्तथैव च ।। २४३.

I declare that four tusks, shining like the moon, and four black ones; the pupils of the eyes, eyebrows, beard, and hair are likewise black.

नासायां वदने स्वेदे कक्षयोर्विडगन्धकः । ह्रस्वं लिङ्गं तथा ग्रीवा जङ्घे स्याद्वेदह्रस्वकं ।। २४३.

Sweat on the nose and face, foul odor in the armpits; a short organ and neck, and the calves are also short according to the Veda.

सूक्ष्माण्यह्गुलिपर्वाणि नखकेशद्विजत्वचः । हनू नेत्रे ललाटे च नासा दीर्घा स्तनान्तरं ।। २४३.

The joints of the fingers are fine, and the nails, hair, teeth, and skin are twice-born; the jaws, eyes, and forehead, as well as the nose, are long, and the space between the breasts.

वक्षः कक्षौ खा नासोन्नतं वक्त्रं कृकाटिका । स्रिग्धास्त्वक्केशदन्ताश्च लोम दृष्टिर्नखाश्च वाक् ।। २४३.

The chest, armpits, mouth, nose are prominent; the face is rounded; the skin, hair, and teeth are smooth; the hair, gaze, nails, and speech likewise.

जान्वोरुर्वोश्च पृष्ठस्थ वंशौ द्वौ करनासयोः । नेत्रे नासपुटौ कर्णौ मेढ्रं पायुमुखेऽमलं ।। २४३.

The knees and thighs have two bamboo-like structures on the back; the eyes, nostrils, ears, genitals, and anus are pure at their openings.

जिह्वोष्ठे तालुनेत्रे तु हस्तपादौ नखास्तथा । शिश्नाग्रवक्त्रं शस्यन्ते पद्माभा दश देहिनां ।। २४३.

The tongue, lips, palate, eyes, hands, feet, and nails, as well as the tip of the penis and mouth, are praised as ten lotus-like features in embodied beings.

पाणिपादं सुखं ग्रीवा श्रवणे हृदयं शिरः । ललाटमुदरं पृष्ठं वृहन्तः पूजिता दश ।। २४३.

The hands and feet are pleasant, the neck, ears, heart, head, forehead, abdomen, and back are the ten honored parts.

प्रसारितभुजस्येह मध्यमाग्रद्वयान्तरं । उच्छ्रायेण समं यस्य न्यग्रोधपरिमण्डलः ।। २४३.

For one whose arms are extended, the space between the tips of the middle fingers is equal to his height, forming a circular shape like a banyan tree.

पादौ गुल्फौ स्फिचौ पर्श्वौ वङ्क्षणौ वृषणौ कुचौ । कर्णौष्ठे सक्थिनी जह्घे हस्तौ बाहू तथाक्षिणी ।। २४३.

The feet, ankles, hips, sides, groins, testicles, breasts, ears, lips, thighs, calves, hands, arms, and eyes.

चतुर्द्दशमद्वन्द्व एतत्सामान्यतो नरः । विद्याश्चतुर्द्दश द्व्यक्षैः पश्येद्यः षोडशाक्षकः ।। २४३.

Fourteen pairs, these are generally found in a man; whoever sees fourteen sciences with two syllables, is called one with sixteen syllables.

रूक्षं शिराततं गात्रमशुभं मांसवजितं । दुर्गन्धिविपरीतं यच्छस्तन्दृष्ट्या प्रसन्नया ।। २४३.

A rough, scattered body, inauspicious, devoid of flesh, with a foul and contrary odor, is praised when seen with a clear gaze.

धःयस्य मधुरा वाणी गतिर्म्मत्तेभसन्निभा । एककूपभवं रोम भये रक्षा सकृत् सकृत् ।। २४३.

His speech is sweet, his gait resembles a proud elephant; hair growing from a single pore, protection in fear, again and again.

समुद्र उवाच शस्ता स्त्री चारुसर्वाङ्गी मत्तमातङ्गगामिनी । गुरूरुजघना या च मत्तपारावतेक्षणा ।। २४४.

Samudra said: An auspicious woman is one with beautiful limbs, who walks like a proud elephant, whose hips are heavy, and whose eyes are like those of a proud pigeon.

सुनीलकेशी तन्वङ्गी विलोमाऱङ्गी मनोहरा । समभूमिस्पृशौ पादौ संहतौ च तथा स्तनौ ।। २४४.

With beautiful hair, slender limbs, fine body hair, charming, whose feet touch the ground evenly, whose breasts are close together.

नाभिः प्रदक्षिणावर्त्ता गुह्यमश्वत्थपत्रवत् । गुल्फौ निगूढौ मध्येन नाभिरङ्गुष्ठमानिका ।। २४४.

Her navel turns to the right, her genitals are like the leaf of a fig tree, her ankles are hidden, and the navel is at the midpoint between the thumb and the middle finger.

जठरन्न प्रलम्बञ्च चरोमरूक्षा न शोभना । नर्क्षवृक्षनदीनाम्नी न सदा कलहप्रिया ।। २४४.

A woman with a protruding belly, hanging breasts, or rough, leathery skin is not attractive; nor is one named after animals, trees, or rivers, or one who is always fond of quarrels.

न लोलुपा न दुर्भाषा शुभा देवादिपूजीता । गण्डैर्म्मघूकपुष्पाभैर्न शिराला न लोमशा ।। २४४.

She should not be greedy, nor speak harshly; she is auspicious, worshipped by gods and others; not with swollen cheeks or lips like the flower of the maghūka tree, not with a large head, nor excessively hairy.

न संहतभ्रूकुटिला पतिप्राणा पतिप्रिया । अलक्षणापि लक्षण्या यत्राकारस्ततो गुणाः।। २४४.

She should not have joined or crooked eyebrows; she values her husband as her very life, and is dear to him; even if lacking in marks of fortune, she is to be considered fortunate—where there is good form, there are virtues.

अग्निरुवाच चामरो रुक्मदण्डोऽग्र्यः छत्रं राज्ञः प्रशस्यते । हंसपक्षैर्विरचितं मयूरस्य शुकस्य च ।। २४५.

Agni said: The best fly-whisk has a golden handle; a royal umbrella is praised, crafted with feathers of swan, peacock, or parrot.

पक्षैर्वाथ बलाकाया न कार्य्यं मिश्रपक्षकैः । चतुरस्त्रं ब्राह्मणस्य वृत्तं राज्ञश्च शुक्लकं ।। २४५.

But it should not be made with the feathers of the crane, nor with mixed feathers; the umbrella for a Brahmin should be four-sided, for a king round and white.

त्रिचतुश्पञ्चषट्‌सप्ताष्टपर्वश्च दण्डकः । भद्रासनं क्षीरवृक्षैः पञ्चाशदङ्गुलोच्छ्रयैः ।। २४५.

The staff may have three, four, five, six, seven, or eight joints; the auspicious seat is made from milky trees and should be fifty finger-breadths high.

विस्तारेण त्रिहस्तं स्यात् सुवर्णाद्यैश्च चित्रितं । धनुर्द्रव्यत्रयं लोहं श्रृह्गं दारु द्विजोत्तम ।। २४५.

Its width should be three hand-spans, adorned with gold and other precious materials; the three materials for a bow are iron, horn, and wood, O best of twice-born.

ज्याद्रव्यत्रितयञ्चैव वंशभङ्गत्वचस्तथा । दारुचापप्रमाणन्तु श्रेष्ठं हस्तचतुष्टयं ।। २४५.

The three materials for the bowstring are bamboo, sinew, and hide; the best wooden bow should measure four hand-spans.