Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
असृङ्मांसमयी जिह्वा सर्वेषामेव देहिनाम् । हस्तयोरोष्ठयोर्मेढ्रे ग्रीवायां षट् च कूर्चकाः
asṛṅmāṃsamayī jihvā sarveṣāmeva dehinām | hastayoroṣṭhayormeḍhre grīvāyāṃ ṣaṭ ca kūrcakāḥ
In all embodied beings, the tongue is formed of blood and flesh. And there are six ‘kūrcaka’—clustered, tendinous nodes—situated in the two hands, the lips, the organ of generation, and the neck.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: Diagrammatic human figure with highlighted six kūrcaka points: both hands, lips, genitals, neck; tongue shown as red-pink (blood/flesh) in a stylized cutaway, presented respectfully and symbolically.
FAQs
It cultivates dispassion by highlighting the body’s material composition, supporting dharmic self-restraint and higher pursuit.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a doctrinal description within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
None; the verse is anatomical/physiological exposition rather than a vrata or tīrtha rule.