Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
पश्चाद्दक्षेण शप्तोपि मासोने क्षयमाप्य च । आप्याय्यतेसौ कलया पुनरेव तया शशी
paścāddakṣeṇa śaptopi māsone kṣayamāpya ca | āpyāyyatesau kalayā punareva tayā śaśī
नंतर दक्षाच्या शापाने चंद्र मासोमास क्षीण होत असला तरी, त्याच कलेने तो पुन्हा पोसला जाऊन पुनः पूर्ण होतो।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) to Agastya
Tirtha: Soma’s kalā-restoration (Kāśī theological motif)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A visual cycle: Soma wanes across lunar phases under Dakṣa’s curse, then is replenished by Śiva’s kalā; the crescent returns, symbolizing hope and cosmic balance.
FAQs
Decline and renewal are woven into cosmic law; grace provides restoration even amid curses and consequences.
Indirectly supports Avimukta-Kāśī’s Candreśvara tradition by explaining Soma’s recurring renewal.
None explicit; it explains the monthly cycle (kṣaya and āpyāyana) as a dharmic-cosmic principle.