Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो गर्भः समभवत्तस्यास्तूदरमध्यगः । वृद्धिं चाप्यगमन्नित्यं शुक्लपक्षे यथोडुराट्
tato garbhaḥ samabhavattasyāstūdaramadhyagaḥ | vṛddhiṃ cāpyagamannityaṃ śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ
แล้วครรภ์ก็บังเกิดขึ้นในกลางท้องของนาง และเจริญขึ้นทุกวัน ดุจพระจันทร์ที่เพิ่มพูนในปักษ์สว่าง
Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a Māhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic depiction of pregnancy’s steady growth: the ascetic woman in seclusion with a faint crescent-to-full-moon progression in the sky, visually echoing the embryo’s waxing strength.
FAQs
Destined events mature steadily in time, likened to the moon’s waxing—an image of orderly cosmic rhythm.
The tīrtha context remains the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative centered around the Yājñavalkya āśrama region.
None in this verse; it describes the natural progression of pregnancy using a dhārmic-cosmic simile.