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Shiva Purana

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दन्तपंक्तिस्तथा गुह्यं जायंते च नखाः पुनः॥ कर्णयोस्तु भवेच्छिद्रं षण्मासाभ्यंतरेण तु ॥ २१॥

Within six months the row of teeth, the private parts and the nails and the orifice of the ears take shape.

english translation

पायुर्मेहमुपस्थं च नाभिश्चाभ्युपजायते॥ संधयो ये च गात्रेषु मासैर्जायंति सप्तभिः ॥ २२॥

The rectum, or the penis of the vaginal passage and the navel too are formulated. Within the seventh all the limb-joints are completed.

english translation

अंगप्रत्यंगसंपूर्णः परिपक्वस्स तिष्ठति ॥ उदरे मातुराच्छन्नो जरायौ मुनि सत्तम ॥ २३ ॥

O excellent sage, thus the complete child with all the limbs stays in the womb covered by the embryonic skin.

english translation

मातुराहारचौर्य्येण षड्विधेन रसेन तु ॥ नाभिनालनिबद्धेन वर्द्धते स दिनेदिने ॥ २४ ॥

The child increases and develops day by day, stealthily taking in the food of the mother, of all the six tastes, through the umbilical cord.

english translation

ततस्मृतिं लभेज्जीवस्संपूर्णेऽस्मिञ्शरीरके ॥ सुखं दुःखं विजानाति निद्रास्वप्नं पुराकृतम् ॥ २५ ॥

Then the soul complete in this body recollects all the pleasures and sorrows and every thing done by it formerly as if in a dream.

english translation