Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
आलंबकस्तथा देहे पंचधा सोम उच्यते । क्लेदकः क्लेदयत्यन्नं नित्यं पक्वाशये स्थितः
ālaṃbakastathā dehe paṃcadhā soma ucyate | kledakaḥ kledayatyannaṃ nityaṃ pakvāśaye sthitaḥ
Im Körper heißt es, dass Soma auf fünffache Weise wirkt. Kledaka, das befeuchtende Prinzip, das stets im Dickdarm weilt, befeuchtet und erweicht die Speise unablässig.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A fivefold Soma depicted as five cool lunar streams within the body; Kledaka shown moistening food in the digestive tract, balancing the heat of digestion.
FAQs
Dharma includes reverent understanding of the body as a divinely sustained system, where Soma nourishes and stabilizes life through ordered functions.
No tirtha is directly praised in this verse; it is a doctrinal passage on the body’s sustaining principles within the Skanda Purana’s teaching style.
None explicitly; the verse is descriptive (śāstric explanation) rather than prescribing vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.