Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
सीवन्यश्च तथा सप्त पंच मूर्धानमास्थिताः । एका मेढ्रं गता चैका तथा जिह्वां गता द्विज
sīvanyaśca tathā sapta paṃca mūrdhānamāsthitāḥ | ekā meḍhraṃ gatā caikā tathā jihvāṃ gatā dvija
સીવન્યો સાત કહેવાય છે; તેમાંની પાંચ શિરમાં સ્થિત છે. એક મેઢ્ર (લિંગ) સુધી જાય છે અને એક તેવી જ રીતે જિહ્વા સુધી જાય છે, હે દ્વિજ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Dvija/ṛṣi interlocutor (as addressed: 'dvija')
Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana; a subtle luminous diagram overlays the body: five cranial sutures highlighted, with two channels extending toward tongue and generative organ; sages listen as a teacher points with a staff.
FAQs
By mapping subtle bodily structures, it supports the Purāṇic view that self-mastery includes understanding the body’s pathways and guarding sense-organs.
No site is mentioned; the teaching is anatomical.
None; it is descriptive.