Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एकैकं वर्धयेद्ग्रासं शुक्ले कृष्णे च ह्रासयेत् । भुंजीत दर्शे नो किंचिदेष चांद्रायणो विधिः

Transliteration

ekaikaṃ vardhayedgrāsaṃ śukle kṛṣṇe ca hrāsayet | bhuṃjīta darśe no kiṃcideṣa cāṃdrāyaṇo vidhiḥ

Translation

လပြည့်ဖက် (သုက္လပက္ခ) တွင် နေ့စဉ် တစ်လုတ်စီ တိုးစားရမည်၊ လဆုတ်ဖက် (ကృష్ణပက္ခ) တွင် တစ်လုတ်စီ လျော့စားရမည်။ အမဝါသျာနေ့တွင် မည်သည့်အစာမျှ မစားရ—ဤသည်မှာ «ချန္ဒြာယဏ» ဝတ်၏ စည်းကမ်းဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• ekaikam: one by one
• ekaikam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘one by one’

• vardhayet: should increase
• vardhayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘should increase’

• grāsam: a mouthful
• grāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śukle: in the bright fortnight
• śukle: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (शुक्लपक्षे)

• kṛṣṇe: in the dark fortnight
• kṛṣṇe: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कृष्णपक्षे)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• hrāsayet: should decrease
• hrāsayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hras (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘should decrease’

• bhuṃjīta: should eat
• bhuṃjīta: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should eat’

• darśe: on the new-moon day
• darśe: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अमावास्या-नाम

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• cāndrāyaṇaḥ: the cāndrāyaṇa (vow)
• cāndrāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāndrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्रत-नाम (masc. usage)

• vidhiḥ: rule/procedure
• vidhiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā-parva on Amāvāsyā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (general)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On amāvāsyā night at Kāśī, the sky is moonless; the vrati sits by a lamp on the ghat, fasting, performing japa and offering water (arghya/tarpaṇa) to the river; the next days show measured morsels changing with the pakṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Cāndrāyaṇa
• Darśa (Amāvāsyā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Measured discipline culminating in new-moon restraint symbolizes surrender and renewal, reinforcing dharmic self-mastery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī milieu; the focus is on vrata procedure rather than a named shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāndrāyaṇa rule: increase daily intake in the bright fortnight, decrease in the dark fortnight, and fast completely on the new moon (darśa).