Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

उपोष्य च चतुर्दश्यां कृत्वा जागरणं निशि । प्रातः सोमकुहूयोगे स्नात्वा चंद्रोदवारिभिः

Transliteration

upoṣya ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi | prātaḥ somakuhūyoge snātvā caṃdrodavāribhiḥ

Translation

Nachdem man am vierzehnten Tithi gefastet und die Nacht hindurch gewacht hat, soll man bei Tagesanbruch—wenn die Konjunktion von Soma und Kuhū eintritt—mit den Wassern von Candroda baden.

Word by Word

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपवस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोगसामान्यः; अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्

• जागरणम्: night-vigil (staying awake)
• जागरणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kriya (काल-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सोमकुहूयोगे: at the conjunction of Soma and Kuhū
• सोमकुहूयोगे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + कुहू + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी/संबन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य कुहूयोगः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्

• चंद्रोदवारिभिः: with water from the Moon-well (Candroda)
• चंद्रोदवारिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + उद + वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य उदः = चन्द्रोदं, तेन वारिणा)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candroda

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn Kāśī: a devotee who has fasted stands at the Candroda tīrtha, the sky still dark with a fading moon; lamps flicker on the ghat as the first light appears; the devotee steps into the water for the dawn bath after night-long vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Candroda
• Soma
• Kuhū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline through fasting and night-vigil becomes especially fruitful when completed with sacred bathing at a praised tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candroda (Candroda-tīrtha) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chaturdaśī fast, night-long vigil, and dawn bath in Candroda waters during the Soma–Kuhū yoga.