अष्टावष्टौ समश्नीयात्पिंडान्मध्यंदिने स्थिते । नियतात्मा हविष्यस्य यतिचांद्रायणं स्मृतम्
aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṃḍānmadhyaṃdine sthite | niyatātmā haviṣyasya yaticāṃdrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam
至正午时,心志调御者应食供祭之食(haviṣya)八口又八口。此被称为“行者月行斋”(Yati-Cāndrāyaṇa),即苦行者之式。
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: At bright midday on a Kāśī ghāṭa courtyard, an ascetic-minded practitioner eats measured haviṣya—eight and eight morsels—after offering to fire/Śiva, remaining composed.
A regulated diet taken with self-control is itself a spiritual discipline that supports purification and steadiness.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the overarching sacred setting where such vratas are taught as especially meritorious.
At midday, eat eight plus eight morsels of haviṣya—this constitutes the Yati-Cāndrāyaṇa.