Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

राधशुक्लचतुर्दश्यामद्यापि क्षेत्रवासिनः । तत्र यात्रां प्रकुर्वंति महोत्सवपुरःसराः

Transliteration

rādhaśuklacaturdaśyāmadyāpi kṣetravāsinaḥ | tatra yātrāṃ prakurvaṃti mahotsavapuraḥsarāḥ

Translation

Noch heute, am vierzehnten Tag der hellen Monatshälfte des Monats Rādha, vollziehen die Bewohner des heiligen Kṣetra (Kāśī) dort die Yātrā, angeführt von einem großen Fest.

Word by Word

• राध: of Rādhā
• राध: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (as first member in compound)

• शुक्ल: bright (fortnight)
• शुक्ल: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; (as compound member) ‘bright/white’

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/काल), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today)

• अपि: even; still
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/also)

• क्षेत्रवासिनः: residents of the sacred area
• क्षेत्रवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: क्षेत्रस्य वासिनः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage; procession
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: perform; carry out
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• महोत्सव: great festival
• महोत्सव: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: महाः उत्सवः; (as compound member)

• पुरःसराः: preceded by; led by
• पुरःसराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having in front/preceded by’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright fortnight Caturdaśī procession in Kāśī: residents carrying lamps, banners, and offerings, moving toward the described sacred spot; the yātrā is led by a grand festival atmosphere with music and ritual pomp.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī-kṣetra (Vārāṇasī)
• Yātrā
• Śukla-caturdaśī
• Rādha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is kept alive through communal festival-yātrās, turning remembrance into ongoing dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra, specifically the locale of the yātrā connected with this chapter’s liṅga-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a yātrā (procession/pilgrimage) on śukla-caturdaśī, celebrated as a mahotsava.