Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71
गर्भकुम्भे तथा क्षिप्तः पच्यते जठराग्निना । सूचीभिरग्निवर्णाभिर्विभिन्नस्य निरन्तरम्
garbhakumbhe tathā kṣiptaḥ pacyate jaṭharāgninā | sūcībhiragnivarṇābhirvibhinnasya nirantaram
ଗର୍ଭରୂପ କୁମ୍ଭରେ ନିକ୍ଷିପ୍ତ ସେ ଜଠରାଗ୍ନିରେ ପଚେ; ଅଗ୍ନିବର୍ଣ୍ଣ ସୂଚୀ ସଦୃଶ ବେଦନାରେ ନିରନ୍ତର ବିଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A fetus curled within a pot-like womb, surrounded by fiery heat and needle-like pains visualized as glowing points; the scene is symbolic, emphasizing suffering and confinement rather than anatomical realism.
FAQs
By portraying birth as severe suffering, the text urges dispassion and a turn toward liberation.
No sacred geography is referenced in this verse.
No; the verse is descriptive and didactic rather than ritual-instructional.