Skandapurana 16.367.p27

16.367.p27

25 ghananāmakagaṃdharveṇa gośṛṃgarṣiṃ prati somavāravratavidhiparijñānārthaṃ praśnakaraṇam, tato gośṛṃgarṣiṇā somavāravratamāhātmyadyotanāya dakṣaśāpena kuṣṭhitvaṃgatena somena soma-vratādikaṃ kṛtvā śivaprasādataḥ kuṣṭhanirasanakaraṇādikathanam, tatastenaivarṣiṇā ghananāmagandharvāya somavāravratakaraṇe mukhamārjanaśaucādisnānāntavidhikathanapuraḥ-saramīśvarapūjanasaṃbhārādi kathayitvā samaṃtrakaśivapūjāvidhikathanam , navamasoma-vāra udyāpanādikaraṇavidhikathanam, paurāṇikadvijagurudevādikasaṃtoṣāya vastrā-dibhojanāntadānādikathanam, tato gośṛṃgakathitavidhinā somavāravrataṃ samāpya prasannena śivena gaṃdharvasenāyāḥ kuṣṭhanirāsakaraṇam .. 44 2

25 The gandharva named Ghana questions the seer Gośṛṅga in order to learn the procedure for the Monday observance; then the seer Gośṛṅga, to elucidate the majesty of the Monday observance, tells how Soma, afflicted with leprosy by Dakṣa's curse, performed the Soma-observance and other rites and removed the leprosy by Śiva's grace; then that very seer, after explaining the rites up to ritual ablution, cleansing the mouth, purification, and the like in the performance of the Monday observance to the gandharva named Ghana, describes the materials for worshipping the Lord and relates the procedure of worshipping Śiva with mantras; declaration of the rules for the concluding rite on the ninth Monday; declaration of gifts from garments to meals to satisfy Purāṇa reciters, brahmins, preceptors, gods, and others; then, having concluded the Monday observance according to the procedure stated by Gośṛṅga, pleased Śiva removes the leprosy of Gandharvasenā. 44 2