Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47
जीवः प्रविष्टो गर्भं तु कलले प्रतितिष्ठति । मूढश्च कलले तत्र मासमात्रं च तिष्ठति
jīvaḥ praviṣṭo garbhaṃ tu kalale pratitiṣṭhati | mūḍhaśca kalale tatra māsamātraṃ ca tiṣṭhati
When the individual soul enters the womb, it becomes established in the kalala, the embryo’s fluid mass. Bewildered there within that kalala, it remains for about a month.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by section-wide deduction (Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: A dim, enclosed womb-space rendered symbolically as a dark lotus-bud; within it a tiny luminous jīva curled, surrounded by watery kalala; the face shows confusion, emphasizing moha and vulnerability.
FAQs
Embodied life begins in ignorance and limitation; remembering this supports detachment and dharmic living.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; the focus is on the jīva’s entry into embodied existence.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.