Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
यदा न धारणे शक्तास्तस्य गर्भस्य ता दिशः । ततस्ताभिः सजूः सोमो निपपात वसुंधराम्
yadā na dhāraṇe śaktāstasya garbhasya tā diśaḥ | tatastābhiḥ sajūḥ somo nipapāta vasuṃdharām
जेव्हा दिशा त्या गर्भास धारण करण्यास अशक्त झाल्या, तेव्हा त्यांच्यासह सोम (चंद्रदेव) वसुंधरेवर कोसळला।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) to Agastya
Scene: The quarters of space, personified as strained guardians, can no longer bear a luminous ‘embryo’; Soma, haloed and pale, falls toward the dark-green earth as the sky ripples.
FAQs
Cosmic powers are limited; divine events unfold to establish sacred order and future tīrtha-glory.
The broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting points toward Avimukta (Kāśī) where Soma’s sanctification will be described.
None in this verse; it sets the mythic cause leading to later liṅga and tīrtha establishment.