Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
तत्क्षणात्सोऽथ गृह्णाति शारीरं चातिवाहिकम् । अंगुष्ठपर्वमात्रं तु स्वप्राणैरेव निर्मितम्
tatkṣaṇātso'tha gṛhṇāti śārīraṃ cātivāhikam | aṃguṣṭhaparvamātraṃ tu svaprāṇaireva nirmitam
ਉਸੇ ਖ਼ਸ਼ਣ ਉਹ ‘ਅਤਿਵਾਹਿਕ’ (ਵਾਹਕ) ਸ਼ਰੀਰ ਧਾਰਨ ਕਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਅੰਗੂਠੇ ਦੇ ਗੰਢ ਜਿਤਨਾ—ਜੋ ਕੇਵਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਰਚਿਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
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.
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