Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa
64 - Physiognomy
Hari said:
1. The girl whose locks are curly, face circular in shape and the navel curling to the right makes the family flourish.
2. She whose complexion is golden and whose hands resemble red lotus is one in a thousand women famous for chastity.
3. The woman with uneven hair and rotund eyes shall be unhappy everywhere and becomes widowed soon.
4. A girl with a face like the full moon and shining like the rising sun, having wide eyes and lips red like the Bimba fruit shall always be happy.
5. If a woman has many linear marks over her body she will suffer much; a few lines like that indicate poverty; red linear marks indicate happiness in life and black lines denote slavery.
6. A real wife is like a minister for the personal affairs of her husband; a friend in executing his tasks; in affectionate dealings she is like his mother and in his bed she is like a courtesan to him. Such a wife is auspicious.
7. The woman having lines in her palm resembling a goad, a circle or a wheel marries a king and gives birth to a son.
8. If the sides of a woman or her breasts contain plenty of hair and if her lips are high the husband dies soon.
9. If the lines on the palm of a woman resemble a fortwall or the entrance, she is destined to become a queen even if she is born of a poor family.
10. If a woman has brown hairs curling upwards over her body, she is destined to become a slave even if she is born a princess.
11. If the little finger and the thumb of a woman placed on the ground do not rest there, she is destined to be a widow and a woman of ill-repute.
12. A woman, who shakes the ground as she treads, kills her husband quickly and lives like a mleccha woman.
13. Smooth oily eyes indicate happy married life; oily teeth denote pleasure of food; oily skin indicates sexual pleasure and oily foot denotes possession of conveyances.
14. If the feet are beautiful and raised up with copper coloured nails; if the soles have the lines resembling fish, goad and lotus, wheel and ploughshare.
15. And they do not perspire, the woman leads a happy life. The calves shall be free from hair, the thighs shall resemble the elephant's trunk.
16. The vagina shall be broad like the leaf of an Ashvattha tree, the navel shall be deep curling to the right, the three curls of hair curling to the right, the chest and breasts shall be free from hair. These are all auspicious signs.
Summary of chapter 64 of the Garuda Mahā Purana - Achara Khaṇḍa is as follows:
The Divine Master explains the specialized Dvādaśī vows, such as Shravaṇa Dvādaśī and Tilada Dvādaśī. Each specific Dvādaśī vow carries unique spiritual benefits, purifying distinct sins, granting health, and deepening the soul's love for Prabhu Nārāyaṇa.