Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
द्वासप्ततिसहस्राणि हृदयादभिनिसृताः । हितानाम हि ता नाड्यस्तासां मध्ये शशिप्रभा
dvāsaptatisahasrāṇi hṛdayādabhinisṛtāḥ | hitānāma hi tā nāḍyastāsāṃ madhye śaśiprabhā
हृदयातून बहात्तर हजार नाड्या प्रवाहित होतात। त्या ‘हिता’ नाड्या म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहेत; आणि त्यांमध्ये चंद्रप्रभेसारखी एक नाडी विशेष तेजाने विराजते।
Unspecified (narratorial/teacher voice within Revākhaṇḍa)
Listener: A king (nṛpa) is addressed in the surrounding passage
Scene: A yogin seated in meditation, the heart-lotus shown as the source of innumerable nāḍīs radiating like fine golden threads; among them one central channel shines cool-white like moonlight.
FAQs
It points to the subtle order within the body, implying that life is governed by dharma and inner principles, not mere externals.
This verse is preparatory teaching; the chapter’s tīrtha-focus culminates in Narakeśvara on the Narmadā.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here.