This is also among the very interesting facts and stories. It is said that Daksha married twenty-seven of his daughters to the moon-god Chandra. But whom Chandra loved the most was Rohini, one of his wives. The other wives complained to their father, Daksha, who cursed Chandra that he would gradually fade away. Chandra went to Prabhasa tirtha and made a linga of Lord Shiva on the banks of the river Sarasvati which he prayed for six months. Lord Shiva was impressed but could not free Chandra from Daksha’s curse entirely. So, he decided that during krishnapaksha he will decrease in size and during shuklapaksha he will appear fully to satisfy everyone.