Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
एवं संजायते पुंसो देहगेहमिदं द्विज । यस्मिन्वसति क्षेत्रज्ञो गृहस्थो बुद्धिगेहिनी
evaṃ saṃjāyate puṃso dehagehamidaṃ dvija | yasminvasati kṣetrajño gṛhastho buddhigehinī
ഹേ ദ്വിജ! ഇങ്ങനെ മനുഷ്യന് ഈ ‘ദേഹഗൃഹം’ ജനിക്കുന്നു; അതിൽ ക്ഷേത്രജ്ഞൻ (ആത്മാവ്) ബുദ്ധി-ഗൃഹിണിയുടെ വാസസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ ഗൃഹസ്ഥനെപ്പോലെ വസിക്കുന്നു॥
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: dvija (addressed)
Scene: A serene inner-vision scene: the body as a house; within, a luminous kṣetrajña seated like a calm householder in the chamber of buddhi, while the outer body-house appears coarse and transient.
FAQs
The Self (kṣetrajña) is distinct from the body and ‘dwells’ in it, guiding life through intellect—encouraging self-inquiry.
No holy site is referenced; the verse teaches inner metaphysics rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; it frames a doctrinal metaphor for understanding embodiment.