Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा विरूपाक्षस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । चन्द्रोऽपि बुभुजे सर्वाः पत्नीश्च दक्षसंभवाः
pulastya uvāca | evamuktvā virūpākṣastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | candro'pi bubhuje sarvāḥ patnīśca dakṣasaṃbhavāḥ
પુલસ્ત્ય બોલ્યા—આવું કહી વિરূপાક્ષ (શિવ) ત્યાં જ અંતર્ધાન થઈ ગયા. અને ચંદ્રે પણ દક્ષથી ઉત્પન્ન થયેલી પોતાની સર્વ પત્નીઓનો ઉપભોગ કર્યો.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (scene marker)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha)
Scene: Śiva as Virūpākṣa stands at the tīrtha after speaking; his form dissolves into light/space. Nearby, Candra is shown with a crescent aura, surrounded by Dakṣa’s daughters (the Nakṣatras) in a mythic tableau.
FAQs
The māhātmya is anchored in purāṇic narrative: divine speech sanctifies a place, and cosmic events and relationships frame the tīrtha’s fame.
The passage concludes the Prabhāsatīrtha episode within Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
No direct prescription here; it transitions from Śiva’s boon to narrative context about Candra.