Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
स्थैर्यं चतुर्थे त्वङ्गानां पञ्चमे शोणितोद्भवः । षष्ठे बलं च वर्णश्च नखरोम्णां च सम्भवः
sthairyaṃ caturthe tvaṅgānāṃ pañcame śoṇitodbhavaḥ | ṣaṣṭhe balaṃ ca varṇaśca nakharomṇāṃ ca sambhavaḥ
في الشهر الرابع تثبت الأعضاء، وفي الخامس يتكوّن الدم. وفي السادس تظهر القوّة واللون، ويحدث أيضًا نموّ الأظفار والشَّعر.
Sūta (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A sequential tableau of months four to six: limbs firming, red blood essence appearing as a subtle stream, then strength and complexion as a golden sheen; tiny nails and hair sprout like fine lines—presented as a sacred natural progression.
FAQs
Life unfolds in ordered stages under divine law; this supports reverence for pregnancy and careful, dharmic protection of the mother and child.
No named tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching appears within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative environment.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is a descriptive timeline of gestational development.