Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
ततः समं परित्यज्य सर्वास्ता दक्षकन्यकाः । रोहिण्या सह संयुक्तः संबभूव दिवानिशम्
tataḥ samaṃ parityajya sarvāstā dakṣakanyakāḥ | rohiṇyā saha saṃyuktaḥ saṃbabhūva divāniśam
তারপর সে দক্ষের সকল কন্যার প্রতি সমভাব ত্যাগ করে রোহিণীর সঙ্গেই দিনরাত অবিচ্ছিন্নভাবে যুক্ত রইল।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: Candra, radiant and cool-hued, sits intimately beside Rohiṇī while the other Dakṣa-daughters stand aside in shadow, their ornaments dulled; the contrast signals favoritism and impending sorrow.
FAQs
Dharma values fairness; sustained partiality becomes a narrative trigger for imbalance and subsequent correction through penance and worship.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it prepares the storyline that culminates in the Somēśvara site’s salvific power.
None; the verse is etiological (explaining the cause) rather than prescriptive.
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