दक्षशापप्रशप्तेन या चंद्रेण पुरा कृता । स्वस्नानार्थं क्षयव्याधिप्रग्रस्तेन महात्मना
dakṣaśāpapraśaptena yā caṃdreṇa purā kṛtā | svasnānārthaṃ kṣayavyādhipragrastena mahātmanā
قديماً صنعه تشاندرا (إله القمر)، وقد أصابته لعنة داكشا، ليكون موضع اغتساله هو نفسه حين كان ذلك العظيم مبتلى بمرض الهزال المُفني.
Kṣetra-devatā (Deity of the sacred site)
Tirtha: Candra-kūpikā
Type: kund
Listener: King (māhīpati)
Scene: The Moon-god, pale and diminished by kṣaya, digs or manifests a well for bathing; Dakṣa’s stern curse looms in memory while the well shines with restorative lunar light.
Even celestial beings seek purification through tīrtha-snāna; sacred places are portrayed as remedies for profound afflictions.
Candra-kūpikā, attributed to the Moon’s act of creating a bathing well while under Dakṣa’s curse.
The implied practice is snāna (bathing) in the well as a purificatory and healing act, modeled by Candra himself.
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