Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
षडंगानि प्रधानानि कथ्यमानानि मे शृणु । द्वौ बाहू सक्थिनी द्वे च मूर्धा जठरमेव च
ṣaḍaṃgāni pradhānāni kathyamānāni me śṛṇu | dvau bāhū sakthinī dve ca mūrdhā jaṭharameva ca
当听我所说六大主要肢分：两臂、两股、头与腹。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: a dvija / disciple interlocutor
Scene: A seated teacher-sage instructs a disciple, gesturing to a stylized human figure diagram highlighting arms, thighs, head, and abdomen as principal limbs.
FAQs
It presents the body as a structured field of dharma and discipline—something to be understood and governed, not merely indulged.
None; the focus is anatomical instruction.
None explicitly.
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