Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
ततो माहेश्वरादेशात्तेन तुष्टेन तस्य च । पक्षमेकं कृतं मह्यं तस्यास्वादनकर्मणि
tato māheśvarādeśāttena tuṣṭena tasya ca | pakṣamekaṃ kṛtaṃ mahyaṃ tasyāsvādanakarmaṇi
“তাৰ পাছত মাহেশ্বৰৰ আদেশত, আৰু তেওঁ সন্তুষ্ট হোৱাত, মোক এটা পক্ষ (পখৱাড়া) দিয়া হ’ল—সেই ‘আস্বাদন’ কৰ্মত মোৰ অংশস্বৰূপে।”
Yakṣma
Listener: Pitāmaha (addressed)
Scene: Yakṣma describes Śiva’s intervention: a visionary image of Maheśvara issuing a command, converting the curse into a regulated ‘one fortnight’ share; lunar fortnight imagery appears behind.
FAQs
Cosmic order is restored through divine regulation—Śiva’s command turns a curse into a measured, balanced cycle.
Not specified in this verse; the focus is cosmological explanation within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None explicitly; it frames a calendrical rhythm (pakṣa) that later connects to rites like pūrṇimā observances.