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
அவன் தர்மனுக்கு பத்து மகள்களையும், கஷ்யபருக்கு பதின்மூன்று மகள்களையும் அளித்தான்; அதேபோல் அந்த மகாபாக்யவன் சோமன் (சந்திரன்) க்கு இருபத்தேழு மகள்களையும் அர்ப்பணித்தான்।
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.