Varaha Purana 35.2: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 2
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
सप्तविंशति याः कन्या दाक्षायण्यः प्रकीर्तिताः । सोमपत्न्योऽतिमन्तव्यास्तासां श्रेष्ठा तु रोहिणी ॥ ३५.२ ॥
saptaviṁśati yāḥ kanyā dākṣāyaṇyaḥ prakīrtitāḥ | somapatnyo 'timantavyās tāsāṁ śreṣṭhā tu rohiṇī || 35.2 ||
หญิงสาวยี่สิบเจ็ดนางซึ่งเลื่องลือว่าเป็นธิดาของทักษะ พึงเข้าใจว่าเป็นชายาของโสมะ (พระจันทร์); ในหมู่นั้น โรหิณีเป็นผู้ประเสริฐสุด
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It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis of genealogy and astral taxonomy, identifying the 27 nakṣatras as Dakṣa’s daughters and as Soma’s consorts—an influential framework for later calendrical and astronomical traditions in South Asia.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological/astral, focused on Soma and the personified nakṣatras.
The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its main function is classificatory—establishing a hierarchy among the nakṣatras by naming Rohiṇī as foremost.
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