Skandapurana 6.3.238.1_85

6.3.238.1_85

85- dakṣeṇendave saptaviṃśatikanyā dattvā rohiṇī vinā cānyāsu candrasyāprītiṃ dṛṣṭvā nijakanyāsu kāruṇyāccandrāya kṣayitvarūpaśāpadānam, tataścandreṇa śāpanivṛttyarthamīśvarastutikaraṇam, tata īśānujñayā somanātheti liṃgasthāpanam, somanātheśvaraliṃgaprabhāvadarśanārthaṃ brahmahatyāyutasya kaṇvarṣerbrahmahatyāvināśanapūrvakakathāvarṇanam, somanātheśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam--- ---

85. Description of Dakṣa giving twenty-seven daughters to the Moon; seeing the Moon's lack of affection for the others besides Rohiṇī, out of compassion for his own daughters he pronounces a curse of consumption upon the Moon; then the Moon praises Īśvara to remove the curse; then by Īśa's permission he installs the liṅga named Somanātha; in order to show the power of the Somanātheśvara liṅga, a narration beginning with the destruction of the sin of killing a brahmin belonging to the seer Kaṇva who was afflicted with the sin of killing a brahmin; description of the māhātmya of the Somanātheśvara liṅga.