Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
एतस्मिन्नंतरे दक्ष आहूतः शूलपाणिना । प्रोक्तः कस्मात्त्वया चन्द्रो यक्ष्मणा संनियोजितः । तदयुक्तं कृतं दक्ष जामाताऽयं यतस्तव
etasminnaṃtare dakṣa āhūtaḥ śūlapāṇinā | proktaḥ kasmāttvayā candro yakṣmaṇā saṃniyojitaḥ | tadayuktaṃ kṛtaṃ dakṣa jāmātā'yaṃ yatastava
এদিকে শূলপাণি (শিব) দক্ষকে ডেকে বললেন—“তুমি কেন চন্দ্রকে যক্ষ্মা (ক্ষয়) রোগে আক্রান্ত করলে? হে দক্ষ, এটি অনুচিত; কারণ সে তোমার জামাতা।”
Śiva (Śūlapāṇi), addressing Dakṣa
Scene: Śiva as Śūlapāṇi summons Dakṣa; a tense audience scene: Śiva stands or sits in authority, trident visible, addressing Dakṣa about the Moon’s affliction; the Moon appears pale or emaciated in the background as a symbolic figure.
FAQs
Even when anger arises, dharma requires proportionality and fairness—especially in relationships bound by family and sacred order.
The verse is part of the tīrtha-narrative frame in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; it primarily recounts the mythic episode rather than detailing a new pilgrimage location.
None directly; it introduces a doctrinal narrative about a curse and its correction.
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