Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83
अनुस्वारो विसर्गश्च जिह्वामूलीय एव च । उपध्मानीय इत्येते जरायुजास्तथांडजाः
anusvāro visargaśca jihvāmūlīya eva ca | upadhmānīya ityete jarāyujāstathāṃḍajāḥ
અનુસ્વાર, વિસર્ગ, જિહ્વામૂલીય તથા ઉપધ્માનીય—આ જ (ચિહ્નો) કહ્યા છે; અને અહીં તે ગર્ભજ તથા અંડજ જીવો સાથે પણ સંબદ્ધ ગણાયા છે.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A sage-teacher points to sacred phonetic signs (anusvāra, visarga, jihvāmūlīya, upadhmānīya) appearing as luminous glyphs, while four classes of beings (womb-born, egg-born, etc.) arise in the background as a cosmic diagram.
FAQs
Creation is explained through both sacred sound and living categories, suggesting that language and life participate in a single cosmic order.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on phonetic signs and birth-categories.
None; this is primarily explanatory/teaching material.