Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67
पञ्चभूतात्मको देहस्त्वगसृङ्मांसबन्धनः । मेदोमज्जास्थिनिचितो विण्मूत्रश्लेष्मभाजनम्
pañcabhūtātmako dehastvagasṛṅmāṃsabandhanaḥ | medomajjāsthinicito viṇmūtraśleṣmabhājanam
یہ جسم پانچ بھوتوں سے بنا ہے—جلد، خون اور گوشت کے بندھن میں جکڑا ہوا؛ چربی، گودے اور ہڈیوں سے بھرا؛ اور پاخانے، پیشاب اور بلغم کا برتن ہے۔
A Purāṇic teacher (speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: An anatomical-symbolic depiction: a human figure outlined, with the five elements indicated by icons (earth/water/fire/air/space) and inner vessels labeled as impure contents—rendered as a contemplative teaching image, not grotesque.
FAQs
Seeing the body realistically—elemental and impure—reduces attachment and supports the pursuit of liberation.
None; this is a general dharma-teaching section rather than a site-mahātmya verse.
No external ritual; it implies an inner practice of contemplation to overcome bodily identification.