Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
तदन्नमुष्णतोयेन समंतात्पच्यते पुनः । द्विधा भवति तत्पक्वं पृथक्किट्टं पृथग्रसम्
tadannamuṣṇatoyena samaṃtātpacyate punaḥ | dvidhā bhavati tatpakvaṃ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam
ते अन्न उष्ण पाण्याने सर्व बाजूंनी पुन्हा नीट शिजते. पचन झाल्यावर ते द्विविध होते—एकीकडे किट्ट (मल) आणि दुसरीकडे रस (पोषक सार).
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.