Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
सेयं मायामयी शक्तिः शुद्धाशुद्धस्वरूपिणी । चंद्ररूपा स्थिता सा तु तव देवि प्रकाशयेत्
seyaṃ māyāmayī śaktiḥ śuddhāśuddhasvarūpiṇī | caṃdrarūpā sthitā sā tu tava devi prakāśayet
Cette Puissance même, tissée de māyā et revêtant des modes à la fois purs et impurs, demeure sous la forme de la Lune ; en vérité, ô Déesse, elle se révèle pour toi.
Śiva
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva reveals that the same māyā-śakti, with pure and impure aspects, stands as the Moon—radiant, cyclical, and revelatory to Devī.
FAQs
Divine Power (Śakti) pervades the cosmos and can appear through luminous forms like the Moon, bridging purity and impurity within manifested existence.
The setting is Prabhāsakṣetra in the Skanda Purana; this verse supports its sacred teaching context rather than naming a distinct sub-tīrtha.
None explicitly; the verse is theological, explaining the Moon as a manifestation of Śakti.