Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
चन्द्रानुवृद्ध्या तद्वृद्धिः क्षयस्तत्संक्षये भवेत् । तस्मिन्पापयुगेऽप्येवं कदाचित्संप्रदृश्यते
candrānuvṛddhyā tadvṛddhiḥ kṣayastatsaṃkṣaye bhavet | tasminpāpayuge'pyevaṃ kadācitsaṃpradṛśyate
Así como la Luna crece, así crece ese poder sagrado; cuando la Luna mengua, mengua también en la misma medida. Aun en esa era de pecado, a veces se ve que ocurre precisamente así.
Unspecified in snippet (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya dialogue context; likely a narrator addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Candrodaka
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Two panels: in śukla pakṣa the pond glows intensely; in kr̥ṣṇa pakṣa the glow fades. A crescent-to-full moon arc is shown above, with pilgrims observing the change in reverent silence.
FAQs
Sacred potency is portrayed as perceptible and rhythmic—aligned with cosmic order (the Moon’s phases), affirming tīrtha power even in degenerate times.
The surrounding passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra and leads into the glory of Candratīrtha/Candrodaka-tīrtha.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets a cosmological frame later applied to bathing and worship at the tīrtha.