Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
तत्क्षणात्सोऽथ गृह्णाति शारीरं चातिवाहिकम् । अंगुष्ठपर्वमात्रं तु स्वप्राणैरेव निर्मितम्
tatkṣaṇātso'tha gṛhṇāti śārīraṃ cātivāhikam | aṃguṣṭhaparvamātraṃ tu svaprāṇaireva nirmitam
À cet instant même, il revêt un corps « ativāhika » (corps porteur), grand comme une phalange du pouce, formé uniquement de ses propres souffles vitaux (prāṇa).
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)
Scene: A tiny luminous figure (thumb-joint size) forms from swirling prāṇa-winds above a corpse, like a condensed spark becoming a miniature body, tethered by faint karmic threads.
FAQs
Death is not annihilation: the jīva continues in a subtle transit body shaped by inner vital forces.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse describes the metaphysical mechanics of post-death transition.
None stated; it is descriptive doctrine about the post-death body.