Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे पंचदश्यां विशेषतः । तस्य सांवत्सरी यात्रा देवैश्चन्द्रहरेः स्मृता

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe paṃcadaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | tasya sāṃvatsarī yātrā devaiścandrahareḥ smṛtā

Translation

Especially on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha, the annual pilgrimage observance of Candrahari is remembered—so it is declared even by the gods.

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठे: in (the month of) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; मास-विशेषणरूपे (locative of time)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे

• सिते: in the bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पक्ष-विशेषणम्

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth lunar day
• पञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथि-विशेषे (locative of time)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• तस्य: of that (rite/observance)
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• सांवत्सरी: annual
• सांवत्सरी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सांवत्सरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; यात्रा-विशेषणम्

• यात्रा: pilgrimage/observance
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देशे

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana/Karta (Agentive instrumental/करण-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्तृ-करणभावे (agent/instrument)

• चन्द्रहरेः: of Candrahari (Viṣṇu as ‘remover of the moon/associated with the moon’)
• चन्द्रहरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः—चन्द्रस्य हरिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• स्मृता: is remembered/known as
• स्मृता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘स्मृता’ = ‘is remembered/called’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; prior speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahari-yātrā (Ayodhyā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive Ayodhyā procession on Jyeṣṭha bright full-moon day: devotees carrying lamps and flags toward the Candrahari shrine; moonlight motif prominent; gods witnessing from the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Candrahari
• Devas
• Jyeṣṭha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi and month) sanctifies sacred place; honoring the deity through the annual yātrā is upheld as a divine-approved path of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, through the glorification of the Candrahari pilgrimage observance within the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the annual yātrā of Candrahari specifically on Jyeṣṭha bright-fortnight fifteenth day.