Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
स्रोतांसि यस्य सततं प्रस्रवंति गिरेरिव । कफमूत्रादिकान्यस्य कृते देहस्य मुह्यति
srotāṃsi yasya satataṃ prasravaṃti gireriva | kaphamūtrādikānyasya kṛte dehasya muhyati
تجري مجاري جسده على الدوام كالمياه المنحدرة من الجبل؛ ومع ذلك، لأجل هذا الجسد المملوء بالبلغم والبول وما شابهه، يقع في الوهم والضلال.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: A human figure stands beside a mountain; from the mountain flow clear streams, while from the body flow symbolic ‘streams’ (subtly represented) into the earth. The figure looks away from the body toward a distant Śiva shrine, indicating reorientation.
FAQs
It exposes the body’s constant outflows and impurities to break attachment and reduce delusion about bodily identity.
No site is specified in this verse; it is a universal teaching aimed at vairāgya.
None; the verse supports inner purification through insight rather than external ritual.