Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

चंद्रसूर्यग्रहे लक्षं व्यतीपातेत्वनंतकम् । अयुतं विषुवे चैव नियुतं त्वयनद्वये

Transliteration

caṃdrasūryagrahe lakṣaṃ vyatīpātetvanaṃtakam | ayutaṃ viṣuve caiva niyutaṃ tvayanadvaye

Translation

عند كسوف القمر أو الشمس يكون الثواب مئةَ ألفِ ضعف؛ وعند فياتيباتا (Vyatīpāta) يكون بلا نهاية. وعند الاعتدال يكون عشرةَ آلافِ ضعف، وعند الانقلابين يكون مليونَ ضعف.

Word by Word

• चंद्रसूर्यग्रहे: in the eclipse/occurrence of moon and sun (i.e., at lunar/solar eclipse)
• चंद्रसूर्यग्रहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra-sūrya-graha (प्रातिपदिक; चन्द्र + सूर्य + ग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः: चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च (द्वन्द्व) + ग्रह (तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध)

• लक्षम्: a hundred thousand
• लक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; परिमाण/संख्या (object-like)

• व्यतीपाते: at the vyatīpāta (astronomical conjunction)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyatīpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time/occasion)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• अनंतकम्: endless/immeasurable
• अनंतकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anantaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (लक्षम्)

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्या

• विषुवे: at the equinox/solstice point (viṣuva)
• विषुवे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣuva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• नियुतम्: a million (niyuta)
• नियुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्या

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• अयनद्वये: at the two ayanas (solstitial transitions)
• अयनद्वये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayana-dvaya (प्रातिपदिक; अयन + द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः: अयनयोः द्वयम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Gaṅgā ghāṭ during a solar/lunar eclipse: devotees perform snāna and dāna; the sun/moon is partially obscured; priests chant; merit is depicted as radiant numbers/auras rising upward.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Sūrya
• Vyatīpāta
• Viṣuva
• Ayana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (kāla) sanctifies action; sacred astronomical occasions magnify the fruit of dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, these time-based multipliers are understood for rites performed in Kāśī, especially in relation to Gaṅgā observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse gives merit-multipliers for holy occasions (eclipse, Vyatīpāta, equinox, solstices), implying dāna/snānādi performed then.