Matsyapurana 139.15

139.15

muhurmuktodayo bhrānta udayāgraṃ mahāmaṇiḥ
tamāṃsyutsārya bhagavāṃś candro jṛmbhati so 'mbaram //

They said "The moon has made His appearance in the firmament dispelling all darkness as if a great jewel is travelling in the sky. Lo! the moon illumining the landscape with His splendour looks like the goose in a beautiful big reservoir adorned with lotuses, or the lion sitting on a rock of lapislazuli, or the garland of glittering jewels adorning the breast of Lord Viṣṇu." Thus risen in the blue firmament the Moon, born of the eyes of Atri, began to shed powerfully the nectar of beautiful moonlight and bestow nourishment and beauty to all the worlds. The demons began to beautify their houses and bodies when the Moon emitting His cool rays began to smile on them.—15-18.