Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

नवम्यामथवाष्टम्यां चंडीयात्रा शुभा मता । अंतर्गृहस्य वै यात्रा कर्तव्या प्रतिवासरम्

Transliteration

navamyāmathavāṣṭamyāṃ caṃḍīyātrā śubhā matā | aṃtargṛhasya vai yātrā kartavyā prativāsaram

Translation

Vào ngày mồng chín—hoặc mồng tám (tithi)—cuộc hành hương kính lễ Chandi (Caṇḍī) được xem là cát tường. Và thật vậy, cuộc hành hương vòng nội điện Antargṛha (khu thánh thất bên trong) nên được thực hành mỗi ngày không gián đoạn.

Word by Word

• navamyām: on the ninth (tithi)
• navamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक (on the ninth tithi)

• atha: or
• atha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/विकल्पसूचक) = or/then

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक conjunction) = or

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (tithi)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक (on the eighth tithi)

• caṇḍī-yātrā: Caṇḍī pilgrimage/rite
• caṇḍī-yātrā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍī + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विषय/कर्तृस्थानी (elliptic ‘(kāryā)’)

• śubhā: auspicious
• śubhā: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (yātrā)

• matā: is considered
• matā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) ‘मत’ = considered; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय (is regarded as)

• antaḥ-gṛhasya: of the inner house / of the interior
• antaḥ-gṛhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antaḥ + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धः — ‘अन्तर्गृहम्’ (inside the house)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) = indeed

• yātrā: pilgrimage/rite
• yātrā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; कर्तृस्थानी (in obligative)

• kartavyā: must be performed
• kartavyā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) ‘कर्तव्य’ = to be done; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय (must be done)

• prati-vāsaram: every day
• prati-vāsaram: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + vāsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थे: प्रतिदिनम् (every day)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍī-yātrā; Antargṛha-yātrā (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Aṣṭamī/Navamī, devotees visit Caṇḍī with red flowers and lamps; every day, pilgrims walk the Antargṛha inner circuit through Kāśī’s sacred lanes, treating the city itself as a living sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍī
• Aṣṭamī
• Navamī
• Antargṛha (inner circuit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is upheld through both special-day worship (tithi-based) and daily disciplined sacred movement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Caṇḍī’s shrine and the Antargṛha (inner Kāśī) pilgrimage circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Do Caṇḍī-yātrā on Aṣṭamī or Navamī, and perform Antargṛha-yātrā every day.