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

Bei Mond- oder Sonnenfinsternis ist das Verdienst hunderttausendfach; bei Vyatīpāta ist es grenzenlos. Zur Tagundnachtgleiche ist es zehntausendfach, und zu den beiden Sonnenwenden millionenfach.

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.