Skanda Purana 7.5.36_216

7.5.36_216

tato maṇḍūkatāṃ prāpya jāyate mṛgapakṣiṣu46 . .3 3 . .
jāyate kinnaraścāpi47 dvīpī śarabha eva ca .
tato gotvaṃ samāsādya mānuṣatvamavāpnute48 . .34. .
tamonarakanirmuktaḥ śeṣeṇaiva hi karmaṇā .

Then, attaining the state of a frog, he is born among beasts and birds. / He is also born as a kinnara, a leopard, and a śarabha. / Then, attaining bovine existence, he obtains human birth. / Released from the hell of Tamas through the remainder of his karma,