Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

शुक्लराधतृतीयायां स्नात्वा पैलिपिले ह्रदे । उपोषणपरा भक्त्या रात्रौ जागरणान्विताः

Transliteration

śuklarādhatṛtīyāyāṃ snātvā pailipile hrade | upoṣaṇaparā bhaktyā rātrau jāgaraṇānvitāḥ

Translation

ശുക്ലപക്ഷത്തിലെ തൃതീയയിൽ പൈലിപില ഹ്രദത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, ഭക്തിയോടെ ഉപവാസം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ച്, രാത്രിയിൽ ജാഗരണത്തോടെ ഇരിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• शुक्लराधतृतीयायाम्: on (the day of) Śukla-rādhā-tṛtīyā
• शुक्लराधतृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla + rādhā + tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-समास (on the third day called Śukla-rādhā-tṛtīyā)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु) → snātvā (कृदन्त, त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा/त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव-कृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having bathed)

• पैलिपिले: at Pailipila
• पैलिपिले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pailipila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (स्थलनाम), सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपे ह्रदस्य

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• उपोषणपराः: intent on fasting
• उपोषणपराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upoṣaṇa + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (devoted to fasting)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन (वैकल्पिक-रूप: रात्र्याम्)

• जागरणान्विताः: engaged in vigil
• जागरणान्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāgaraṇa + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (endowed with night-vigil)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing instruction in the same discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pailipila-hrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees at a calm lake at dawn on bright-third day, entering the water with folded hands; later, they sit through the night with lamps, chanting and keeping vigil.

Characters & Entities

• Pailipila Hrada
• Śukla Tṛtīyā
• Vrata (Upavāsa)
• Jāgaraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through disciplined observance—purificatory bathing, fasting, and night-long vigil—at a sanctified Kāśī tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pailipila Hrada (a sacred lake/pond in the Kāśī landscape) connected to the chapter’s Liṅga worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śukla Tṛtīyā observance: snāna at Pailipila Hrada, upavāsa (fasting), and rātri-jāgaraṇa (night vigil).