Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
नाभिर्मेदो यकृन्मज्जा अंत्रमामाशयः शिरा । स्नायुः पक्वाशयश्चैव प्राहुर्वेदविदो द्विजाः
nābhirmedo yakṛnmajjā aṃtramāmāśayaḥ śirā | snāyuḥ pakvāśayaścaiva prāhurvedavido dvijāḥ
ផ្ចិត ខ្លាញ់ ថ្លើម ខួរឆ្អឹង ពោះវៀន ក្រពះ និងសរសៃឈាម; សរសៃពួរ និងពោះវៀនធំផងដែរ—ដូច្នេះបានប្រកាសដោយព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ទ្វិជៈ អ្នកដឹងវេទ។
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.