Skanda Purana 7.18.89_180

7.18.89_180

sanatkumāra uvāca
utpadyate1 yathā janturvairāgyaṃ vrajate yathā .
yathā prabudhyate caiva tatte vyāsa vadāmyaham .. 1 . .
ākāśaḥ2 pavanastejo bhūmirāpastathaiva ca .
eṣāmekatra saṃghātāccharīraṃ nāma jāyate .. 2. .
rasāḥ somātmakāḥ sarve tathāhāraścaturvidhaḥ3 .
dehināntu rasotpattirāhārasya niṣevaṇāt4 . .3 . .
rasādraktasamutpattiḥ śoṇitāt piśitaṃ smṛtam .
meda utpadyate māṃsāttasmādasthīni cābhavan ..4. .
majjā cāsthibhavā jñeyā tataḥ śukrasamudbhavaḥ .
raktaśukrasamāyogād garbhaḥ5 saṃbhavati striyāḥ . .5 . .
ṛtuyogasamādhānād daivakarmavaśādapi .
striyāḥ puṃsaśca ratyante dvāvapyekatvamāgatau . . 6 ..
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39 parityāga - ka, parityāga, (?) . 40 vivarjitā - kha, vivarjitaḥ - ka . 41 yogābhyāsaḥ - (?) . 42 parāsaṅgaḥ - kha-, parāsaṃgaḥ (?) . 43 saṃsaktanirmukta - ḍa . 44 kāraṇāt - ka. . 45 223 - kha. .

Sanatkumāra said:
How a living creature is born, how it arrives at detachment, / and how it awakens—that, Vyāsa, I tell you. // 1
Space, wind, fire, earth, and likewise water: / from the aggregation of these in one place, that which is called the body is born. // 2
All bodily humours consist of soma, and food is fourfold. / For embodied beings, the production of bodily humour comes from consuming food. // 3
From bodily humour arises blood; from blood, flesh is stated [to arise]. / Fat arises from flesh; from that the bones are formed. // 4
Marrow is to be known as originating from bone; thence arises semen. / From the union of blood and semen, an embryo is formed in a woman. // 5
From the proper timing of the season, and also through the influence of destiny and karma, / at the end of intercourse between a woman and a man, the two having become one, // 6
[Apparatus variants: 39 ‘relinquishment’ - ka, ‘relinquishment, (?)’; 40 ‘devoid of’ - kha, ‘devoid of’ - ka; 41 ‘practice of yoga’ - (?); 42 ‘supreme detachment’ - kha-, ‘supreme detachment’ (?); 43 ‘freed from attachment’ - ḍa; 44 ‘from the cause’ - ka; 45 ‘223’ - kha.]