Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सीवन्यश्च तथा सप्त पंच मूर्धानमास्थिताः । एका मेढ्रं गता चैका तथा जिह्वां गता द्विज

Transliteration

sīvanyaśca tathā sapta paṃca mūrdhānamāsthitāḥ | ekā meḍhraṃ gatā caikā tathā jihvāṃ gatā dvija

Translation

Существует семь сиванья (швов‑сращений); пять из них расположены в голове. Одна идет к половому члену, и одна также идет к языку, о дважды‑рожденный.

Word by Word

• sīvanyaḥ: the sutures/lines (of the body)
• sīvanyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīvanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: likewise)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, (sīvanyaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, (mūrdhānam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mūrdhānam: the head (region)
• mūrdhānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āsthitāḥ: are situated/occupy
• āsthitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थः ‘स्थिताः/आस्थिताः’

• ekā: one (of them)
• ekā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाडी/सिवनी-आदि स्त्रीपदं प्रति)

• meḍhram: the penis/genital organ
• meḍhram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meḍhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatā: has gone/reaches
• gatā: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘गता’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ekā: one (another)
• ekā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, ‘तथैव’ अर्थे (likewise)

• jihvām: the tongue
• jihvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jihvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatā: has gone/reaches
• gatā: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dvija: O twice-born (brahmin)
• dvija: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija/ṛṣi interlocutor (as addressed: 'dvija')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin seated in padmāsana; a subtle luminous diagram overlays the body: five cranial sutures highlighted, with two channels extending toward tongue and generative organ; sages listen as a teacher points with a staff.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By mapping subtle bodily structures, it supports the Purāṇic view that self-mastery includes understanding the body’s pathways and guarding sense-organs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned; the teaching is anatomical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive.