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
ಸೀವನ್ಯಗಳು ಏಳು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ; ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಐದು ಶಿರಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿವೆ. ಒಂದು ಮೇಢ್ರ (ಲಿಂಗ) ವರೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಜಿಹ್ವೆಯ ವರೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜ।
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.
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