Skandapurana 7.5.36_208

7.5.36_208

tato matsyaśca tāvadvai tāvadeva sarīsṛpaḥ .
śvā tatastāvadevātha tato bhavati kinnaraḥ .. 25. .
kinnaratvādvinirmuktastato goṣūpajāyate30 .
tato goyoninirmukto mānuṣeṣūpajāyate31 ..26. .

Then as a fish for as long, and for just as long a reptile; / then a dog for as long, and then he becomes a kinnara. / Released from the state of a kinnara, he is then born among cattle; / then, released from the bovine womb, he is born among humans.