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

Après avoir jeûné au quatorzième tithi et veillé toute la nuit, à l’aube—lorsque se présente la conjonction de Soma et de Kuhū—qu’on se baigne avec les eaux de Candroda.

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.