Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
सीवन्यश्च तथा सप्त पंच मूर्धानमास्थिताः । एका मेढ्रं गता चैका तथा जिह्वां गता द्विज
sīvanyaśca tathā sapta paṃca mūrdhānamāsthitāḥ | ekā meḍhraṃ gatā caikā tathā jihvāṃ gatā dvija
सीवन्यः सप्त विज्ञेयाः, तासां पञ्च शिरःस्थिताः। एका मेढ्रं गता प्रोक्ता, तथा जिह्वां गता परा, द्विज।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Dvija/ṛṣi interlocutor (as addressed: 'dvija')
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
By mapping subtle bodily structures, it supports the Purāṇic view that self-mastery includes understanding the body’s pathways and guarding sense-organs.
No site is mentioned; the teaching is anatomical.
None; it is descriptive.