Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
अथ तासां समस्तानां मध्ये तस्य निशापतेः । रोहिणी वल्लभा जज्ञे प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी
atha tāsāṃ samastānāṃ madhye tasya niśāpateḥ | rohiṇī vallabhā jajñe prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī
Alors, parmi toutes, Rohiṇī devint la bien-aimée de ce Seigneur de la Nuit (la Lune), plus chère à lui que ses propres souffles de vie.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Soma gazes tenderly at Rohiṇī among the circle of Nakṣatra wives; Rohiṇī is subtly emphasized—brighter aura, closer proximity—while other wives show quiet hurt, hinting at impending curse and sorrow.
FAQs
Attachment and partiality, even within cosmic stories, are shown as causes that later disturb balance and invite consequences.
Not directly; this sets up the moral-cosmic cause behind Soma’s later affliction, resolved through Somēśvara worship.
None in this verse.