Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
मा भैः पुत्रि करिष्यामि तव सर्वं शुभोदयम् । तच्छापो नान्यथा भूयाच्चंद्रकांतशिला भव
mā bhaiḥ putri kariṣyāmi tava sarvaṃ śubhodayam | tacchāpo nānyathā bhūyāccaṃdrakāṃtaśilā bhava
«Ne crains point, ma fille ; j’accomplirai pour toi toute prospérité bénie. Mais cette malédiction ne peut être autrement : deviens un rocher de candrakānta, pierre de lune.»
The sage/father (within Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Candrakānta-śilā
Type: kund/ghat
Scene: The sage-father gently blesses the maiden; her petrification completes into a luminous moonstone rock, glowing with cool, milky light as if reflecting moonbeams—an auspicious transformation rather than mere punishment.
FAQs
Dharma honors the inevitability of karmic speech while redirecting its outcome toward auspiciousness—transformation without denial.
Kāśī’s Avimukta sphere, where sacred stones (like candrakānta-śilā) become markers of tīrtha power.
None explicitly; the verse establishes the sanctified form (moonstone) that later connects to tīrtha merit.