[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.238.1\_85 # Skandapurana 6.3.238.1\_85 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.238.1\_85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.238.1\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.238.1\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.1_84) - [Next: 6.3.238.1\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.1_86) - [Up: 6.3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.238.1_85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.1_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.1_85) · Pramāṇa