Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
ऊर्ध्वनालमधोवक्त्रं हृदि पद्मं प्रकीर्त्यते । हृत्पद्मवामतः प्लीहो दक्षिणे स्यात्तथा यकृत्
ūrdhvanālamadhovaktraṃ hṛdi padmaṃ prakīrtyate | hṛtpadmavāmataḥ plīho dakṣiṇe syāttathā yakṛt
হৃদয়ত এটা পদ্ম আছে বুলি কোৱা হয়—তাৰ নাল ওপৰলৈ, মুখ তললৈ। হৃদয়-পদ্মৰ বাওঁফালে প্লীহা, আৰু সোঁফালে তেনেদৰে যকৃত থাকে।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Hṛdaya-padma (inner tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija / disciple
Scene: A luminous heart-lotus inside a translucent torso, lotus inverted with stalk rising; spleen and liver shown as flanking forms; a subtle deity-light seated within the lotus.
FAQs
By describing the heart as a lotus, it points to the heart as an inner sacred seat—supporting contemplative disciplines and devotion.
No external sacred geography is mentioned; the verse presents an inner ‘sacred geography’ of the body.
None explicitly; it provides an anatomical-symbolic teaching.