Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
मज्जातो मेदसश्चैव वसायाश्च तथा द्विज । मूत्रस्य चैव पित्तस्य श्लेष्मणः शकृतस्तथा
Transliteration
majjāto medasaścaiva vasāyāśca tathā dvija | mūtrasya caiva pittasya śleṣmaṇaḥ śakṛtastathā
Translation
اے دوجا، (جسمانی مادّے) گودا، چربی اور وِسا؛ اور نیز پیشاب، صفرا، بلغم اور اسی طرح پاخانہ۔
Word by Word
majjātaḥfrom marrow
majjātaḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmajjā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from marrow)
medasaḥfrom fat
medasaḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmedas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle)
vasāyāḥfrom adipose/grease
vasāyāḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvasā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
tathāalso
tathā:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (also)
dvijaO twice-born
dvija:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
mūtrasyaof urine
mūtrasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmūtra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle)
pittasyaof bile
pittasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpitta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
śleṣmaṇaḥof phlegm
śleṣmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśleṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
śakṛtaḥof feces
śakṛtaḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśakṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
tathāalso
tathā:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (also)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: dvija
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A symbolic chart of bodily dhātus and malas (marrow, fat, urine, bile, phlegm, feces) shown as labeled vessels; the teacher points, the disciple reflects soberly.
FAQs
It reminds that the body is material and perishable—encouraging detachment and the pursuit of higher dharma beyond bodily identification.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it is a listing of bodily constituents.