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
अण्डजों के शिशु पृथ्वी पर पंखधारी माता-पिता के पालन से जीते हैं। सब स्वेदज ऊष्मा से, और उद्भिज्ज निश्चय ही जल से जीवित रहते हैं।
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.