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Shiva Purana

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पच्यते पच्यमानाच्च भवेत्पाकद्वयं पुनः ॥ त्वक् तया वेष्ट्यते पूर्वं रुधिरं च प्रजायते॥ ११॥

It is cooked and when it is cooked it should be cooked again The skin is wrapped around it and blood is produced first.

english translation

रक्ताल्लोमानि मांसं च केशाः स्नायुश्च मांसतः॥ स्नायुतश्च तथास्थीनि नखा मज्जास्थिसंभवाः॥ १२॥

The hair of the body and flesh are produced from the blood. The hair on the head and the sinews are produced from the flesh. From the sinews the bones are produced. The nails and marrow are produced from the bones.

english translation

मज्जाकारणवैकल्यं शुक्रं हि प्रसवात्मकम्॥ इति द्वादशधान्नस्य परिणामः प्रकीर्तिताः॥ १३॥

An alternative cause of marrow, the semen itself becomes progeny. Thus the twelvefold metabolism of blood is explained.

english translation

शुक्रोऽन्नाज्जायते शुक्राद्दिव्यदेहस्य संभवः॥ ऋतुकाले यदा शुक्रं निर्दोषं योनिसंस्थितम्॥ १४॥

Venus is born of food and from Venus the divine body is born. When the sperm is in the vagina during the menstrual cycle.

english translation

तद्वा तद्वायुसंस्पृष्टं स्त्रीरक्तेनैकतां व्रजेत् ॥ विसर्गकाले शुक्रस्य जीवः कारणसंयुतः ॥ १५॥

Or that which is touched by the wind may become one with the blood of a woman. The living entity of Venus at the time of excretion is associated with the cause.

english translation