Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

कृच्छ्रचांद्रायणादीनि कर्तव्यानि प्रयत्नतः । अशुचिः शुचितामेति कायो यद्व्रतधारणात्

Transliteration

kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni kartavyāni prayatnataḥ | aśuciḥ śucitāmeti kāyo yadvratadhāraṇāt

Translation

کِرِچّھر اور چاندْرایَن وغیرہ تپسّیا کو کوشش کے ساتھ کرنا چاہیے؛ کیونکہ ورت دھारण کرنے سے ناپاک بدن بھی پاکیزگی کو پہنچ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni: Kṛcchra, Cāndrāyaṇa and other (vows/penances)
• kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक) + cāṃdrāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—(कृच्छ्रं च चान्द्रायणं च) + आदि; ‘आदि’समासान्तेन ‘इत्यादीनि’

• kartavyāni: should be performed
• kartavyāni: Predicate (Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक—‘कर्तुं योग्य/आवश्यक’ (to be done)

• prayatnataḥ: with effort, diligently
• prayatnataḥ: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘प्रयत्नतः’ = प्रयत्नेन/यत्नपूर्वम्

• aśuciḥ: (one who is) impure
• aśuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण—‘अशुचि’ (impure)

• śucitām: purity
• śucitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śucitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eti: attains
• eti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kāyaḥ: the body
• kāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yat: because
• yat: Avyaya (Causal/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कारणार्थक अव्ययप्रयोगः (yad = because/since, introducing reason)

• vratadhāraṇāt: from the observance of vows
• vratadhāraṇāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—व्रतस्य धारणम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-holder marking lunar days, reducing food according to the moon (Cāndrāyaṇa), with a calendar-like lunar disc motif; the setting evokes a quiet Kāśī āśrama near the river.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kṛcchra
• Cāndrāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained observance of penance-vratas transforms impurity into purity, making one fit for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; this is a dharma-oriented instruction within the broader Kāśī sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa-type penances undertaken as disciplined vrata/prāyaścitta.