Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

चन्द्रहास्ये नरः स्नात्वा द्वादश्यां तु नरेश्वर । चतुर्दश्यामुपोष्यैव क्षीरस्य जुहुयाच्चरुम्

Transliteration

candrahāsye naraḥ snātvā dvādaśyāṃ tu nareśvara | caturdaśyāmupoṣyaiva kṣīrasya juhuyāccarum

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ครั้นอาบน้ำที่จันทรหาสยะในวันทวาทศี แล้วถืออุโบสถในวันจตุรทศี พึงบูชาถวายจรุคือข้าวน้ำนมลงในไฟบูชา

Word by Word

• चन्द्रहास्ये: at Candrahāsya (tīrtha)
• चन्द्रहास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रहास्य (प्रातिपदिक) = चन्द्र + हास्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘चन्द्रस्य हास्यम्’ (स्थाननाम)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth lunar day
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = नर + ईश्वर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘नराणाम् ईश्वरः’

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• उपोष्य: having fasted
• उपोष्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-रूप (gerund) ‘having fasted’; छान्दस/वैकल्पिक रूप ‘उपोष्य’ (उपवस्य)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• क्षीरस्य: of milk
• क्षीरस्य: Sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चरुम्: the oblation (caru)
• चरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हविर्विशेषः (oblational porridge)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; addressing a king figure in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahāsya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara (king) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly pilgrim (or representative devotee) bathes at Candrahāsya on Dvādaśī; later, on Caturdaśī, he fasts beside a small yajña-śālā and offers milk-rice (caru) into a bright homa fire; priests chant; the moon is shown waxing toward the dark fortnight’s end, emphasizing tithi.

Characters & Entities

• Candrahāsya
• Dvādaśī
• Caturdaśī
• Caru
• Kṣīra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined observance—timed bathing, fasting, and homa—channels devotion into tangible dharmic fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrahāsya tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna on Dvādaśī at Candrahāsya, upavāsa on Caturdaśī, and offering kṣīra-caru in homa.