Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
ताम्रायाः श्येनगृध्राद्यास्तिमेर्यादोगणास्तथा । अथ कश्यपपत्नीनां यत्प्रसूदमिदं जगत्
tāmrāyāḥ śyenagṛdhrādyāstimeryādogaṇāstathā | atha kaśyapapatnīnāṃ yatprasūdamidaṃ jagat
From Tāmrā were born hawks, vultures, and other such birds; from Timi likewise arose hosts of aquatic beings, such as the Timiryas and related groups. Thus is this world declared to be the offspring born of Kaśyapa’s wives.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: A panoramic creation scene: Tāmrā as a copper-hued mother releasing hawks and vultures; Timi as a deep-ocean mother releasing aquatic hosts; Kaśyapa presides as the cosmic patriarch; the world shown as their collective offspring.
FAQs
All species and groups of beings arise within divinely ordered lineage, encouraging reverence for creation as part of dharmic cosmology.
No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and cosmological.
None is stated here; the verse focuses on origins of beings.