Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
दक्ष उवाच । अनेन तनया मह्यमष्टाविंशतिसंख्यया । ऊढा अखण्डचारित्रास्तास्त्यक्ता दोषवर्जिताः । मुक्त्वैकां रोहिणीं देव निषिद्धेन मयाऽसकृत्
dakṣa uvāca | anena tanayā mahyamaṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyayā | ūḍhā akhaṇḍacāritrāstāstyaktā doṣavarjitāḥ | muktvaikāṃ rohiṇīṃ deva niṣiddhena mayā'sakṛt
ଦକ୍ଷ କହିଲେ—“ହେ ଦେବ, ସେ ମୋର ଅଠାଇଶି କନ୍ୟାଙ୍କୁ ବିବାହ କରିଥିଲା; ସେମାନେ ନିର୍ଦୋଷ ଓ ଅଖଣ୍ଡଚରିତ୍ରା ଥିଲେ, ତଥାପି ସେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ତ୍ୟାଗ କଲା। କେବଳ ରୋହିଣୀକୁ ଛାଡ଼ି—ମୁଁ ବାରମ୍ବାର ନିଷେଧ କରିଥିଲି।”
Dakṣa
Listener: Śiva (addressed as Deva)
Scene: Dakṣa speaks with controlled indignation, gesturing toward an imagined circle of 28 daughters; Rohiṇī is subtly highlighted (brighter attire/halo) while the others appear slighted; Śiva listens as judge.
FAQs
Partiality and neglect of duty are portrayed as adharma, generating conflict that reverberates through cosmic order.
This verse functions as mythic backstory within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; the tīrtha remains the contextual setting of the chapter.
None; it is a narrative explanation for the Moon’s affliction and the ethical cause behind it.