Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
एवं संजायते पुंसो देहगेहमिदं द्विज । यस्मिन्वसति क्षेत्रज्ञो गृहस्थो बुद्धिगेहिनी
evaṃ saṃjāyate puṃso dehagehamidaṃ dvija | yasminvasati kṣetrajño gṛhastho buddhigehinī
یوں، اے دِوِج (دوبار جنم لینے والے)، انسان کے لیے یہ بدن کا گھر وجود میں آتا ہے؛ جس میں کَشیترَجْنَ (میدان کا جاننے والا) بستی کرتا ہے، گویا عقل کے گھر میں ایک گھر گرہست۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: dvija (addressed)
Scene: A serene inner-vision scene: the body as a house; within, a luminous kṣetrajña seated like a calm householder in the chamber of buddhi, while the outer body-house appears coarse and transient.
FAQs
The Self (kṣetrajña) is distinct from the body and ‘dwells’ in it, guiding life through intellect—encouraging self-inquiry.
No holy site is referenced; the verse teaches inner metaphysics rather than tīrtha-māhātmya.
None; it frames a doctrinal metaphor for understanding embodiment.