Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । तथैव स महाभागः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa | tathaiva sa mahābhāgaḥ saptaviṃśatimindave
അവൻ ധർമ്മനു പത്ത് പുത്രിമാരെയും, കശ്യപനു പതിമൂന്ന് പുത്രിമാരെയും നൽകി; അതുപോലെ ആ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാൻ സോമനു (ചന്ദ്രനു) ഇരുപത്തേഴു പുത്രിമാരെയും അർപ്പിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Listener: A Soma-vaṃśa kṣatriya (implied)
Scene: Dakṣa ceremonially gives daughters in marriage: ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven to Soma; Soma is depicted with lunar radiance, the 27 as star-like attendants.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through sacred alliances and responsibility; imbalance in relationships later becomes the seed of karmic consequence.
No tīrtha is mentioned here; the verse explains the origin of Soma’s marital context that leads to the Revā tīrtha remedy later.
Implicit is the dharmic institution of marriage-giving (kanyādāna), though no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.