Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44
पश्वादयः पृथग्भूतास्तथान्ये बहवो ह्यमी । पृथक्पृथक्समीचीना गुणवतश्च संसृतौ
paśvādayaḥ pṛthagbhūtāstathānye bahavo hyamī | pṛthakpṛthaksamīcīnā guṇavataśca saṃsṛtau
สัตว์ทั้งหลายเป็นต้นดำรงอยู่เป็นจำพวกแยกกัน และยังมีอื่นๆ อีกมาก ในสังสารวัฏ แต่ละตนเหมาะกับสภาพเฉพาะของตน ตามคุณะทั้งหลาย
Unspecified (didactic voice continuing guṇa-based explanation of embodied diversity)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience / devas-ṛṣis in narrative frame
Scene: A panoramic ‘wheel of births’: animals, birds, humans, sages, and devas shown in separate bands, each band tinted by a guṇa color; a calm ascetic/pilgrim stands at the center witnessing without attachment; Kedāra peaks and cedar forests frame the scene.
FAQs
Differences among embodied beings are explained through guṇa-conditioned saṃsāra; liberation lies in transcending guṇas through right knowledge and practice.
No site is named; the verse is a doctrinal continuation within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
None explicitly.