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
پھر دکش کے شاپ کے سبب اگرچہ وہ مہینے بہ مہینے گھٹتا جاتا ہے، مگر وہی چاند اسی کَلا سے دوبارہ پرورش پاتا اور پھر بحال ہو جاتا ہے۔
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.