Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43
संप्रविश्यान्नमध्ये तु पृथगन्नपृथग्जलम् । अग्नेरूर्ध्वं जलं स्थाप्य तदन्नं तज्जलोपरि
saṃpraviśyānnamadhye tu pṛthagannapṛthagjalam | agnerūrdhvaṃ jalaṃ sthāpya tadannaṃ tajjalopari
Entering the mass of food, it separates food from water. Placing the water above the digestive fire, it sets the food above that water.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A symbolic ‘inner kitchen/yajña’: digestive fire below, water placed above it, food above water; prāṇa as a guiding wind arranging layers.
FAQs
Order and intelligence operate within the body; recognizing this supports reverence for the divine arrangement (ṛta) and disciplined conduct.
No holy site is referenced in this verse.
None; it continues the explanation of digestion.