Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

उपास्य संध्यां विधिवत्कृतसर्वोदक क्रियः । उपचंद्रोदतीर्थेषु श्राद्धं विधिवदाचरेत्

Transliteration

upāsya saṃdhyāṃ vidhivatkṛtasarvodaka kriyaḥ | upacaṃdrodatīrtheṣu śrāddhaṃ vidhivadācaret

Translation

Après avoir accompli selon le rite le culte de la Sandhyā et achevé les cérémonies d’eau prescrites, qu’on accomplisse ensuite le śrāddha là, aux tīrthas secondaires de Candroda, conformément à la règle.

Word by Word

• उपास्य: having worshipped/attended
• उपास्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्

• संध्याम्: the twilight rite (sandhyā)
• संध्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriya (रीति-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘according to rule’)

• कृतसर्वोदकक्रियः: one who has performed all water-rites
• कृतसर्वोदकक्रियः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातोः क्त) + सर्व + उदक + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः; ‘कृत-’ (past participle) विशेषणम्

• उपचंद्रोदतीर्थेषु: at the subsidiary tīrthas of Candroda
• उपचंद्रोदतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप + चन्द्रोद + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; उप-पूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रोदस्य उपतीर्थम्)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha (ancestral rite)
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: properly
• विधिवत्: Kriya (रीति-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Upa-Candroda tīrthas

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the pilgrim stands on the ghat performing sandhyā with arghya to the sun; nearby, small shrāddha setup at a subsidiary tīrtha: darbha grass, water pot, and offerings arranged with quiet reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Sandhyā
• Candroda-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and right sequence—Sandhyā, water-rites, then śrāddha—honor both devas and pitṛs in a tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Candroda tīrthas (including subsidiary/associated spots) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sandhyā and sarvodaka rites first, then conduct śrāddha at the Candroda tīrthas according to śāstra.