Garuda Purana

समुन्नतं शिश्नमथो हि लक्ष्म यस्यास्ति तत्पञ्चदशं वदन्ति । सुताम्रकं पादतलं खगेन्द्र तल्लक्षणं षोडशं प्राहुरार्याः

They say the fifteenth mark is an elevated phallus; and, O king of birds, the sixteenth mark is a reddish sole of the foot.

निम्नौ च गुल्फौ सप्तदशं तदाहुर्ग्रीवारूपं प्राहुरष्टादशं च । एकोनविंशं त्वक्षिपद्मं सुरक्तं प्राहुर्बाहुं जानु विंशं तथैव

Sunken ankles are called the seventeenth mark; a graceful neck is the eighteenth; a lotus-like, deeply red skin is the nineteenth; and arms and knees are the twentieth mark.

विस्तीर्णोरश्चैकविंशं तदाहुः सिंहास्कन्धं द्व्युत्तरं विंशमाहुः । त्रयोविंशं सूक्ष्ममास्यं तदाहुश्चतुर्विंशं सुप्रसन्ने च दृष्टी

A broad chest is the twenty-first mark; lion-like shoulders are the twenty-second; a delicate mouth is the twenty-third; and clear, pleasant eyes are the twenty-fourth mark.

ह्रस्वं लिङ्गं मार्दवं चापि वीन्द्र तल्लक्षणं पञ्चविंशं वदन्ति । समौ च पादौ कटिजानु चोरू षड्विंशमाहुश्च समे च जङ्घे

A short and soft genital is the twenty-fifth mark, O Indra; equal feet, waist, knees, and thighs are the twenty-sixth mark.

समानहस्तौ समकर्णौ मिलित्वा द्वात्रिंशत्कं लक्षणं प्राहुरार्याः । द्वात्रिंशत्कं लक्षणं वै मुकुन्दे द्वात्रिंशत्कं लक्षणं वै रमायाम्

Equal hands and ears together are said by the wise to be the thirty-second mark; indeed, thirty-two marks are found in Mukunda and in Ramā.

द्वात्रिंशत्कं लक्षणं ब्रह्मणोपि तद्भारत्याः प्रवदन्त्येव सत्यम् । तथा च शङ्का सममेव चक्रिणेत्येवं सदामा कुरु निर्णयं ब्रुवे

Thirty-two marks are also spoken of in Brahmā and Bhāratī, and this is truth; likewise, there is no doubt in the wheel-bearing one. Thus, always make your determination, I say.

एकस्य वै लक्षणस्यापि विष्णोर्लक्ष्मीरन्तं नैव सम्यक्प्रपेदे । अतोनन्तैर्लक्षणैः संयुतं च हरिं चाहुर्लक्षणज्ञाः सदैव

Even Lakṣmī could not fully reach the end of a single mark of Viṣṇu; therefore, the experts always declare Hari to be endowed with infinite marks.

जानाति लक्ष्मीर्लक्षणं वायुरूपे स्वापेक्षया ह्यतिरिक्तं खगेन्द्र । स्वलक्षणापेक्षया भारती तु शतैर्गुणैरधिका वेधसोपि

Lakṣmī knows the mark according to her own form, O king of birds, but Bhāratī, by her own marks, is said to possess hundreds of qualities greater, and so does Brahmā.

खगेन्द्र तस्माल्लक्षणे साम्यचित्तं विश्वादीनां सर्वदा मा कुरुष्व । अष्टाविंशतिं प्राहू रुद्रादिकानां भ्रूनेत्रयोर्लक्षणेनैव हीनाः

Therefore, O king of birds, do not always make judgments of equality in marks among the gods; Rudra and others are said to have twenty-eight marks, lacking the mark of the third eye.

अलक्षणं मन्यते यद्धि तस्य दुर्लक्षणं नैव तच्चिन्तनीयम् । अष्टाविंशतिं लक्षणं वै हरस्य न भारतीवच्चिन्तनीयं खगेन्द्र

Whatever is considered without marks is rare and should not be thought about; the twenty-eight marks of Hara should not be considered like those of Bhāratī, O king of birds.

अतो हरः क्रोधरूपी सदैव तयोरभावात्सत्यमुक्तं तथैतत् । अतो द्वयं नास्ति रुद्रे खगेन्द्र शिश्नोदरे किञ्चिदाधिक्यमस्ति

Therefore, Hara is always of wrathful form, and this is true because of the absence of those marks; thus, O king of birds, there is nothing extra in Rudra's genital or belly.

सप्ताधिकैर्विंशतिलक्षणैस्तु समायुताः स्वस्त्रियो लक्ष्मणाद्याः । षड्विंशत्या लक्षणैश्चापि युक्ता वारुण्याद्या पञ्चविंशैश्च चन्द्रः

His wives, beginning with Lakṣmaṇā, are endowed with twenty-seven marks; Varuṇī and others have twenty-six marks, and the moon has twenty-five.

अर्थश्चतुर्विंशतिभिश्चैव युक्तो नासावायोर्द्व्यधिका विंशतिश्च लक्षणैश्चैकविंशत्या शची युक्ता न संशयः

Artha is endowed with twenty-four marks; the nose of Vāyu has twenty-two marks, and Śacī is endowed with twenty-one marks, without doubt.

प्रवाहा विंशकैर्युक्ता यम एकोनविंशकैः । पाश्यष्टादशभिर्युक्तो दशसप्तयुतोऽनलः

The rivers are endowed with twenty marks; Yama with nineteen; Pāśya with eighteen; and fire with seventeen and ten marks.

वैवस्वतः षोडशभिमित्रः पञ्चदशैर्युतः । चतुर्दशैस्तु(चतुर्विंशैस्तु?) धनपः पावकस्तु त्रयोदशैः

Vaivasvata is endowed with sixteen marks; Mitra with fifteen; Dhanada with fourteen; and Pāvaka with thirteen.

गङ्गा द्वादशभिर्युक्ता बुध एकादशैर्युतः । शनिस्तु दशसंख्याकैः पुष्करो नवभिर्युतः

Gaṅgā is endowed with twelve marks; Budha with eleven; Śani with ten; and Puṣkara with nine.

अथ षोडशसाहस्रं भार्यास्तु मम वल्लभाः । अष्टभिश्चैव संयुक्ताः सप्तभिः पितरस्तथा

Now, my beloved wives number sixteen thousand; the ancestors are endowed with eight and seven marks respectively.

षड्भिश्च देवगन्धर्वाः पञ्चभिस्तदनन्तराः । चतुर्भिः क्षितिपाः प्रोक्तास्त्रिभिरन्ये च संयुताः

The gods and Gandharvas are said to be associated with six; immediately after, five; kings are said to be with four; others are joined with three.

उदरे किञ्चिदाधिक्ये ह्रस्वे पादे च कर्णयोः । शिखाधिक्यं विना विप्र भार्यायां च शिवस्य च

If there is a slight excess in the belly, or shortness in the feet or ears, or excess at the crown—except in the wife and in Shiva, O Brahmin—

लक्ष्मणायां पञ्च दोषाः शिरोगुल्फादिकं विना । नाभ्याधिक्ये सहैवाष्टौ दोषाः संत्यतिवाहिके

In Lakshmana, five faults are present, except for excess in the head or ankles; with excess at the navel, there are eight faults in the one who carries burdens.

जङ्घाधिक्ये सहैवाष्टौ दोषाः शच्याः सदा स्मृताः । एवमेव हि दोषाश्चाप्यूहनीयाः खगेश्वर

With excess in the calf, there are always eight faults remembered in Shachi; likewise, O Lord of Birds, faults are to be inferred in the same way.

दुर्लक्षणैः सदा वीन्द्र संश्रुतैस्तत्त्वविद्भवेत् । महोदरो लंबनाभिरीषामात्रोग्रदंष्ट्रकः

One should always know, O Indra among birds, that those with difficult marks, as described by the knowers of truth, are: having a large belly, hanging navel, short stature, and fierce fangs.

अन्धकूपगभीराक्षो लंबकर्णौष्ठनासिकः । लंबगुल्फो वक्रपादः कुनखी श्यावदन्तकः

Eyes deep like a dark well, hanging ears, lips, and nose; hanging ankles, crooked feet, deformed nails, and dark teeth.

दीर्घजङ्घो दीर्घशिश्नस्त्वेकाण्डश्चैकनासिकः । रक्तश्मश्रू रक्तरोमा वक्रास्यः संप्रकीर्तितः

Long calves, long genitalia, single testicle, single nostril; red beard, red hair, and a crooked mouth are described.

दग्धपर्वतसंकाशो रक्तपृष्ठः कलिः स्मृतः । अलोमांसोऽलोमशिरा रक्तगण्डकपोलकः

One resembling a burnt mountain, with a red back, is called Kali; hairless flesh, hairless head, and red cheeks.

ललाटे पाण्डुता नित्यं वामस्कन्धे करे खग । क्रूरदृष्टिर्दृष्टिपादस्तथा वै घर्घरस्वरः

Paleness on the forehead always, on the left shoulder and hand, O bird; fierce gaze, gaze from the feet, and a hoarse voice.

अत्याशी चातिपानश्च स्तनौ शुष्कफलोपमौ । ऊरौ नवाञ्जिकारोमः तथा पृष्ठे च मस्तके

Excessive eating and drinking, breasts like dried fruit; new hair on the thighs, and likewise on the back and head.

ललाटे त्रीणि दीर्घे तु समे द्वौ संप्रकीर्तितौ । सर्पाकारस्तु यो मत्स्यस्तस्य शिश्ने प्रकीर्तितः

On the forehead, three long marks, and two if equal are described; a fish in the shape of a serpent is said to be on the genital.

पादत्राणोपमो मत्स्यो रसनाग्रे प्रकीर्तितः । शिश्नाकारश्च यो मत्स्यो गुदे तस्य प्रशस्यते

A fish resembling a sandal is said to be at the tip of the tongue; a fish in the shape of the genital is praised at the anus.