Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

राधशुक्लचतुर्दश्यामद्यापि क्षेत्रवासिनः । तत्र यात्रां प्रकुर्वंति महोत्सवपुरःसराः

Transliteration

rādhaśuklacaturdaśyāmadyāpi kṣetravāsinaḥ | tatra yātrāṃ prakurvaṃti mahotsavapuraḥsarāḥ

Translation

Aujourd’hui encore, au quatorzième jour de la quinzaine claire du mois de Rādha, les habitants du kṣetra sacré (Kāśī) y accomplissent la yātrā, précédée d’une grande fête.

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.