Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28
आलंबकस्तथा देहे पंचधा सोम उच्यते । क्लेदकः क्लेदयत्यन्नं नित्यं पक्वाशये स्थितः
ālaṃbakastathā dehe paṃcadhā soma ucyate | kledakaḥ kledayatyannaṃ nityaṃ pakvāśaye sthitaḥ
ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಲಂಬಕಾದಿಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ಸೋಮನು ಪಂಚವಿಧವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕ್ಲೇದಕನು ಪಕ್ವಾಶಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಅನ್ನವನ್ನು ತೇವಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಮೃದುವಾಗಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A fivefold Soma depicted as five cool lunar streams within the body; Kledaka shown moistening food in the digestive tract, balancing the heat of digestion.
FAQs
Dharma includes reverent understanding of the body as a divinely sustained system, where Soma nourishes and stabilizes life through ordered functions.
No tirtha is directly praised in this verse; it is a doctrinal passage on the body’s sustaining principles within the Skanda Purana’s teaching style.
None explicitly; the verse is descriptive (śāstric explanation) rather than prescribing vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa.