नक्ताश्ये कांतराशी वा षष्ठकालाशनोपि वा । चांद्रायणव्रती वा स्यात्पक्षभुग्वाथ मासभुक्
naktāśye kāṃtarāśī vā ṣaṣṭhakālāśanopi vā | cāṃdrāyaṇavratī vā syātpakṣabhugvātha māsabhuk
तो नक्ताशी (रात्रीच भोजन करणारा) असो, किंवा अंतराने खाणारा, किंवा प्रत्येक सहाव्या कालीच भोजन करणारा; अथवा चांद्रायण-व्रती असो, किंवा पंधरवड्यातून एकदा, किंवा महिन्यातून एकदा भोजन करणारा असो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Under a waxing/waning moon over the Ganga, an ascetic marks days on a palm-leaf tally, taking a small measured meal at night; nearby, a crescent-to-full moon arc symbolizes cāndrāyaṇa.
Control of appetite becomes a spiritual tool: regulated fasting disciplines purify the mind and stabilize dharma.
No individual tirtha is specified; the verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction tradition associated with sacred Kāśī.
Optional austerities: night-only eating, intermittent eating, eating every sixth period, observing Cāndrāyaṇa, or eating once per fortnight/month.