Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
तदन्नमुष्णतोयेन समंतात्पच्यते पुनः । द्विधा भवति तत्पक्वं पृथक्किट्टं पृथग्रसम्
tadannamuṣṇatoyena samaṃtātpacyate punaḥ | dvidhā bhavati tatpakvaṃ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam
ಆ ಆಹಾರವು ಉಷ್ಣಜಲದಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಪುನಃ ಸಮ್ಯಕ್ವಾಗಿ ಪಚ್ಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಜೀರ್ಣವಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅದು ದ್ವಿವಿಧವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ—ಒಂದು ಕಿಟ್ಟ (ಮಲಭಾಗ), ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ರಸ (ಪೋಷಕ ಸಾರ).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: An allegorical inner-body scene: a vessel of food being ‘cooked’ by inner heat and hot fluids, separating into two streams—dark waste and luminous nutritive essence—moving into subtle channels.
FAQs
All consumption yields both essence and waste; this supports moderation and purity as dharmic disciplines.
No site is mentioned; it is a general doctrinal teaching.
None directly; the implied ethic is restraint in eating and mindful purity.