Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
श्रीभगवानुवाच । अद्यप्रभृति सर्वासां समं स प्रचरिष्यति । मद्वाक्यान्नात्र संदेहः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
śrībhagavānuvāca | adyaprabhṛti sarvāsāṃ samaṃ sa pracariṣyati | madvākyānnātra saṃdehaḥ satyametanmayoditam
พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป เขาจะปฏิบัติต่อทุกนางอย่างเสมอภาค ด้วยพระวาจาของเรา ที่นี่ไม่มีข้อสงสัย นี่คือสัจจะที่เรากล่าวแล้ว”
Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān, in this episode)
Listener: Dakṣa (and the assembly)
Scene: Śiva (Bhagavān) issues a calm, decisive command; Dakṣa’s posture softens; symbolic imagery of the Moon regaining balance—crescent and full phases shown as a circular motif—suggesting restored rhythm and equality among the wives/nakṣatras.
FAQs
Divine governance restores balance: impartiality is upheld as dharma, and the Lord’s word establishes order.
The chapter remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame; this verse highlights divine intervention rather than a new geographic tīrtha.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal statement about the Lord’s decree correcting imbalance.