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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ये कार्तिके मासि सिताष्टमी तिथौ यात्रां करिष्यंति नरा उपोषिताः । रात्रौ च वै जागरणं महोत्सवैर्धर्मेश्वरे तेन पुनर्भवा भुवि

Transliteration

ye kārtike māsi sitāṣṭamī tithau yātrāṃ kariṣyaṃti narā upoṣitāḥ | rātrau ca vai jāgaraṇaṃ mahotsavairdharmeśvare tena punarbhavā bhuvi

Translation

凡人在迦尔提迦月（Kārttika）明半第八日（tithi）持斋而行朝圣，并于夜间在达摩主（Dharmeśvara）处于盛大庆典中守夜者，因这一行持，将不再于大地重生。

Word by Word
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
कार्तिकेin Kārtika
कार्तिके:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular
मासिin the month
मासि:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular
सिताष्टमीthe bright eighth (tithi)
सिताष्टमी:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसिता + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय (सिता अष्टमी)
तिथौon the lunar day
तिथौ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
यात्राम्pilgrimage / procession
यात्राम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular
करिष्यन्तिwill do
करिष्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन — Simple Future, 3rd person, Plural
नराःpeople
नराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
उपोषिताःhaving fasted
उपोषिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउप + वस् (धातु) → उपोषित (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (having fasted)
रात्रौat night
रात्रौ:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
जागरणम्vigil / staying awake
जागरणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
महोत्सवैःwith great festivals
महोत्सवैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; कर्मधारय (महान् उत्सवः)
धर्मेश्वरेat Dharmeśvara
धर्मेश्वरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular
तेनby that / thereby
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular
पुनर्भवाःrebirths
पुनर्भवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
भुविon earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
Speaker

Śiva (deduced, addressing Dharma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand night festival at Dharmeśvara: lamps blaze, devotees keep vigil singing; some sit in meditation, others circumambulate; the fasting pilgrims appear resolute under a moonlit Kārttika sky.

Characters & Entities
K
Kārttika māsa
Ś
Śukla Aṣṭamī
D
Dharmeśvara
K
Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

Time-sanctified observances (Kārttika, aṣṭamī) joined with fasting and vigil at a holy shrine lead toward liberation from rebirth.

Dharmeśvara in Kāśī, as the focal point for Kārttika aṣṭamī pilgrimage, festival, and vigil.

Upavāsa (fasting), yātrā (pilgrimage/visit), and nocturnal jāgaraṇa (night vigil) during mahotsava at Dharmeśvara on Kārttika śukla aṣṭamī.

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