Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

उपास्य संध्यां विधिवत्कृतसर्वोदक क्रियः । उपचंद्रोदतीर्थेषु श्राद्धं विधिवदाचरेत्

Transliteration

upāsya saṃdhyāṃ vidhivatkṛtasarvodaka kriyaḥ | upacaṃdrodatīrtheṣu śrāddhaṃ vidhivadācaret

Translation

വിധിപൂർവ്വം സന്ധ്യോപാസന നടത്തി എല്ലാ ഉദക‑ക്രിയകളും പൂർത്തിയാക്കി, തുടർന്ന് ഉപ‑ചന്ദ്രോദാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ വിധിപ്രകാരം ശ്രാദ്ധം ആചരിക്കണം।

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.