Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77
अण्डजाः पक्षपातेन जीवंति शिशवो भुवि । ऊष्मणा स्वेदजाः सर्वे उद्भिज्जाः सलिलेन हि
aṇḍajāḥ pakṣapātena jīvaṃti śiśavo bhuvi | ūṣmaṇā svedajāḥ sarve udbhijjāḥ salilena hi
Las crías de los seres nacidos del huevo viven en la tierra por el cuidado de sus padres alados. Todos los nacidos del sudor viven por el calor, y los nacidos del brote viven, en verdad, por el agua.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three-part scene: birds feeding chicks in a nest (parental wing-care), tiny insects thriving in sun-warmth, and plants drinking from water/streams—an interdependence triptych.
FAQs
Life is sustained through interdependence—care, warmth, and water—reflecting the dharmic order embedded in nature.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting; the verse highlights universal natural law rather than a named tīrtha.
None; it is explanatory.