Skanda Purana 7.18.89_182

7.18.89_182

949
tāvekatvamathāpannau preritau pavanena ca .
kalalaṃ tvekarātreṇa pañcarātreṇa cārbudam . .7. .
piśitaṃ saptarātreṇa māsāccāṅkurasaṃbhavaḥ 5 .
tataḥprabhṛti garbhasya vibhāgo bhavati dvija . .8..

949
those two, having attained oneness and impelled by the wind, / become a kalala in one night, and an arbuda in five nights; // 7
flesh in seven nights, and in a month the sprout emerges. / From that time onwards, O twice-born, the differentiation of the embryo takes place. // 8