Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 34
तस्येदमात्मनः सर्वमनादेरादिमिच्छतः । प्रथमे मासि स क्लेदभूतो धातुविमूर्छितः
tasyedamātmanaḥ sarvamanāderādimicchataḥ | prathame māsi sa kledabhūto dhātuvimūrchitaḥ
All dies gehört jenem Selbst: obgleich anfangslos, will Es einen Anfang. Im ersten Monat wird der Embryo zu einer feuchten Masse, wobei die Körperbestandteile noch ununterschieden und ungeformt sind.
Sūta (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A cosmic Self (subtle, luminous) above a womb-lotus; within, the first-month embryo shown as a small dewdrop-like mass (kleda), surrounded by faint elemental swirls; a timeline arc indicates ‘prathama māsa’.
FAQs
Even biological beginnings are placed under the sovereignty of the beginningless Self; life is sacred from its earliest, unformed stage.
This passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu of the Revā/Narmadā, but the verse itself teaches about conception rather than a named tīrtha.
No ritual instruction appears here; it provides a descriptive account of early gestation.