Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 11
नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)
ततस्तं षडधिष्ठानं गर्भमेकत्वमागतम् । पृथिवी प्रतिजग्राह कार्तस्वरसमीपत:
tatas taṃ ṣaḍ-adhiṣṭhānaṃ garbham ekatvam āgatam | pṛthivī pratijagrāha kārtasvara-samīpataḥ ||
फिर छः अधिष्ठानों में पला हुआ वह गर्भ उत्पन्न होकर जब एकत्व को प्राप्त हो गया, तब सुवर्ण-राशि के समीप पड़े उस बालक को पृथ्वी ने ग्रहण कर लिया।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys that births aligned with destiny and dharma are upheld by a larger cosmic order: the Earth herself is portrayed as a guardian who receives and protects what must endure.
Bhīṣma narrates that an embryo, sustained through ‘six supports,’ is born and becomes a single embodied being; the Earth-goddess then takes up the newborn found near gold, indicating divine or cosmic protection surrounding the child.