Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्माज्जलाश्रयः कार्यं आश्रमस्य समीपतः । यत्र स्नानं करिष्यामि युष्माकं संप्रसादतः

Transliteration

tasmājjalāśrayaḥ kāryaṃ āśramasya samīpataḥ | yatra snānaṃ kariṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ saṃprasādataḥ

Translation

فلذلك ينبغي إنشاءُ مَخزنٍ للماء قريبًا من الآشرم، لكي أستطيع الاغتسالَ هناك بفضل رضاكم الكريم ومعونتكم.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोगे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् (ablative used as 'therefore/from that reason')

• jalāśrayaḥ: a water-reservoir
• jalāśrayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• kāryam: to be made, should be made
• kāryam: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय, विधेय/भाव्यर्थ: 'to be done'); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विधेयविशेषणम् (predicative)

• āśramasya: of the hermitage
• āśramasya: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्

• samīpataḥ: near
• samīpataḥ: Adhikarana (Proximity/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samīpatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) = indeclinable; अर्थे: समीपे (nearby)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• kariṣyāmi: I will do
• kariṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्) = Simple Future; उत्तमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (Genitive Plural)

• saṃprasādataḥ: by (your) gracious consent
• saṃprasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃprasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् (ablative: 'due to/through favor')

Speaker

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra jalāśraya (kūpa/taḍāga to be created)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near a quiet hermitage in Prabhāsa, a revered lady requests that a water-reservoir be constructed so she may bathe; attendants and ascetics witness the resolve to create a sacred water-source.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Pāṇḍavas
• āśrama
• snāna
• jalāśraya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is both devotional and practical: facilitating purity-practices like snāna and supporting community needs is meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with focus on the emergence of a water-source tied to the Pāṇḍavas’ presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly mentioned, along with the instruction to establish a nearby water reservoir to enable it.