Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
नाभिर्मेदो यकृन्मज्जा अंत्रमामाशयः शिरा । स्नायुः पक्वाशयश्चैव प्राहुर्वेदविदो द्विजाः
nābhirmedo yakṛnmajjā aṃtramāmāśayaḥ śirā | snāyuḥ pakvāśayaścaiva prāhurvedavido dvijāḥ
ਨਾਭੀ, ਮੇਦ (ਚਰਬੀ), ਯਕ੍ਰਿਤ, ਮੱਜਾ, ਆੰਤਾਂ, ਆਮਾਸ਼ਯ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਿਰਾਵਾਂ; ਸਨਾਯੂ ਅਤੇ ਪਕਵਾਸ਼ਯ ਵੀ—ਇਉਂ ਵੇਦ ਦੇ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਦ੍ਵਿਜ ਘੋਸ਼ਣਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript scene: dvija scholars recite and point to a diagram of internal organs—navel, liver, marrow, intestines, vessels—presented reverently as sacred knowledge.
FAQs
Scriptural tradition frames bodily knowledge as part of dharma—right understanding supports right conduct.
None; the verse cites Vedic authorities about the body’s components.
No ritual instruction is present.