Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
उपोष्य च चतुर्दश्यां कृत्वा जागरणं निशि । प्रातः सोमकुहूयोगे स्नात्वा चंद्रोदवारिभिः
upoṣya ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi | prātaḥ somakuhūyoge snātvā caṃdrodavāribhiḥ
เมื่อถืออุโบสถในวันจตุรทศีและทำชาครณะตลอดราตรีแล้ว ครั้นรุ่งอรุณเมื่อมีโยคะโสม–กุหู พึงอาบด้วยน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งจันโทระ (Candroda)
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Candroda
Type: ghat
Scene: Pre-dawn Kāśī: a devotee who has fasted stands at the Candroda tīrtha, the sky still dark with a fading moon; lamps flicker on the ghat as the first light appears; the devotee steps into the water for the dawn bath after night-long vigil.
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Discipline through fasting and night-vigil becomes especially fruitful when completed with sacred bathing at a praised tīrtha.
Candroda (Candroda-tīrtha) in Kāśī.
Chaturdaśī fast, night-long vigil, and dawn bath in Candroda waters during the Soma–Kuhū yoga.