Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तस्यैताः शक्तयो देवि षोडशैव प्रकीर्तिताः । चन्द्ररूपी ततः कृष्णः कलारूपास्तु ताः स्मृताः
tasyaitāḥ śaktayo devi ṣoḍaśaiva prakīrtitāḥ | candrarūpī tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kalārūpāstu tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Ô Devī, ces seize-là sont proclamées comme ses śaktis, ses puissances. Ainsi Kṛṣṇa est de nature lunaire, et elles sont rappelées comme les kalās, les phases de la Lune.
Skanda
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: Kṛṣṇa is envisioned as a radiant Moon-disc; around him, sixteen feminine śaktis appear as crescent segments forming a mandala, each segment labeled by her name, suggesting waxing/waning energies.
FAQs
The divine is described through symbolic cosmology: Kṛṣṇa is linked with the moon, while the śaktis are mapped as its sixteen kalās.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting, though the verse itself focuses on symbolic theology.
No explicit ritual; it provides a contemplative framework (dhyāna) via lunar symbolism.