The Prajapati Daksha begat sixty daughters. Amongst them, thirteen were bestowed by him upon Kashyapa; ten upon Dharma; ten upon Manu; and twenty-seven upon Soma. Although all the the twenty-seven who called Nakshatras and conferred upon Soma were cqual in beauty and accomplishments, yet Soma became more attached to one, viz., Rohini, than the rest. Filled with jealousy, the rest of his wives, leaving him, went to their husband, saying,-O holy one, although all of us are equal in beauty, yet our husband Soma is wholly attached to our sister Rohini!-Enraged at this representation of his daughters, the celestial Rishi Daksha cursed Soma, saying, that thenceforth the disease phthisis should attach his son-in-law and live in him. Through this curse of Daksha, phthisis attacked the powerful Soma and entered into his person. Attacked by phthisis thus Soma came to Daksha. The latter addressed him, saying,-1 have cursed you because of your unequal conduct towards your wives. The Rishi then said unto Soma,—You are being reduced by the disease phthisis that has attacked you. There is a sacred water called Hiranyasarah in the Western ocean. Going to that sacred water, do you bathe there!-Advised by the Rishi, Soma went there. Arrived at Hiranyasarah, Soma bathed in that sacred water. Performing his oblation, he purged himself off of the sin. And because that sacred water saw illumined (abhasita) by Soma, therefore was it from that day called by the name of Prabhasa. On account, however, of the curse imprecated upon him in day of yore by Daksha, Soma, to this day, begins to decrease from the night of the full moon till his total disappearance on the night of the new moon whence he once more begins to increase till the night of full moon. The brightness also of the lunar disc from that time got a stain, for the body of Soma, since then, has come to show certain black spots. In fact, the splendid disc of the moon has, from that day, come to show the mark of a hare.