Skandapurana 16.367.p24

16.367.p24

22 candreṇa prabhāsakṣetrametya kṛtasmaranāmānaṃ parvataṃ dṛṣṭvā tathaiva tasminparvate nānopavāsādikārimarīcyādimunīnāṃ darśanaṃ gṛhītvā tānprati saptapradakṣiṇā kṛtvā tataḥ śivārādhanena śivaṃ prasādya prādurbhūtasya śivasya stutikaraṇam , candravarṇitāmātmastutiṃ śrutvā prasannasyāntena śivena candrāya dakṣadattaśāpavyavasthākaraṇapūrvakavara- pradānam, śivena devadvijaprabhāvavarṇanam, anindyavastukathanam , brāhmaṇaguṇa- varṇanam ............... 35 1

22. The Moon, having gone to the Prabhāsa sacred field, seeing the mountain named Kṛtasmara, likewise obtaining the darśana of sages such as Marīci who performed various fasts upon that mountain, performing seven circumambulations around them, then pleasing Śiva through the worship of Śiva, and offering praise to Śiva who had appeared; having heard the praise of himself uttered by the Moon, Śiva, pleased at the end, granting boons to the Moon preceded by setting a regulation for the curse given by Dakṣa; the description of the power of gods and brahmins by Śiva; the statement of unblameable things; the description of the virtues of a brahmin... 35 1