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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 19]
PURPORT
His bodily features indicate him to be different from common men. All the signs described in connection with the bodily features of Śukadeva Gosvāmī are uncommon symptoms, typical of great personalities, according to physiognomical calculations. His bodily hue resembled that of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the Supreme amongst the gods, demigods, and all living beings.
TEXT 28
श्यामं सदापीञ्यवयोऽङ्गलक्ष्म्या 
  स्त्रीणां मनोज्ञं रुचिरस्मितेन । 
  प्रत्युत्थितास्ते मुनयः स्वासनेभ्य- 
  स्तल्लक्षणज्ञा अपि गूढवर्चसम् ॥२८॥
śyāmam sadāpīvya-vayo 'nga-lakṣmyā 
  strīṇām mano-jñam rucira-smitena 
  pratyutthitās te munayaḥ svāsanebhyas 
  tal-lakṣaṇa-jñā api gūḍha-varcasam
śyāmam—blackish; sadā—always; apīvya—excessively; vayaḥ—age; anga—symptoms; lakṣmyā—by the opulence of; strīṇām—of the fair sex; manaḥ-jñam—attractive; rucira—beautiful; smitena—smiling; pratyutthitāḥ—stood up; te—all of them; munayaḥ—the great sages; sva—own; āsanebhyaḥ—from the seats; tat—those; lakṣaṇa-jñāḥ—expert in the art of physiognomy; api—even; gūḍha-varcasam—covered glories.
TRANSLATION
He was dark and very beautiful due to his youth. Because of the glamor of his body and his attractive smiles, he was pleasing to women. Though he tried to cover his natural glories, the great sages present there were all expert in the art of physiognomy, and so they honored him by rising from their seats.
TEXT 29
स विष्णुरातोऽतिथय आगताय 
  तस्मै सपयो शिरसाऽऽजहार ।