Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
नाभिर्मेदो यकृन्मज्जा अंत्रमामाशयः शिरा । स्नायुः पक्वाशयश्चैव प्राहुर्वेदविदो द्विजाः
nābhirmedo yakṛnmajjā aṃtramāmāśayaḥ śirā | snāyuḥ pakvāśayaścaiva prāhurvedavido dvijāḥ
Le nombril, la graisse, le foie, la moelle, les intestins, l’estomac et les vaisseaux ; ainsi que les tendons et le gros intestin — telle est la déclaration des dvija, connaisseurs du Veda.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript scene: dvija scholars recite and point to a diagram of internal organs—navel, liver, marrow, intestines, vessels—presented reverently as sacred knowledge.
FAQs
Scriptural tradition frames bodily knowledge as part of dharma—right understanding supports right conduct.
None; the verse cites Vedic authorities about the body’s components.
No ritual instruction is present.