Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

यैर्गत्वा स्थलके संध्या सावित्र्याः समुपासिता । स्वपत्न्याश्चैव हस्तेन पांडुकूपजलेन च

Transliteration

yairgatvā sthalake saṃdhyā sāvitryāḥ samupāsitā | svapatnyāścaiva hastena pāṃḍukūpajalena ca

Translation

Wer zu jenem Ort geht und die Sandhyā-Verehrung der Sāvitrī vollzieht, indem er mit eigener Hand Wasser aus dem Pāṇḍu-kūpa schöpft, zusammen mit seiner Gattin, der hat wahrlich die vorgeschriebene Sandhyā an jener heiligen Stätte erfüllt.

Word by Word

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Kartr-karana (Agent; ‘by whom’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• स्थलके: at the spot/place
• स्थलके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संध्या: the twilight-prayer (Sandhyā)
• संध्या: Karma/Karta (Object of upāsita; in passive becomes subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सावित्र्याः: of Sāvitrī
• सावित्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुपासिता: was duly worshipped
• समुपासिता: Kriya (Result state; ‘worshipped’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे

• स्वपत्न्याः: of one’s own wife
• स्वपत्न्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + पत्नी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वा पत्नी)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• हस्तेन: with the hand
• हस्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पाण्डुकूपजलेन: with water from the Pāṇḍu-well
• पाण्डुकूपजलेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-कूप-जल (प्रातिपदिक; पाण्डु + कूप + जल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पाण्डुकूपस्य जलम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍu-kūpa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple at a sacred well within Prabhāsa: the husband draws water with cupped hands or a small vessel; both face the sun at twilight, performing sandhyā with calm concentration; the well is labeled Pāṇḍu-kūpa in a traditional plaque motif.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Sandhyā
• Pāṇḍu-kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography intensifies daily dharma: performing Sandhyā with Sāvitrī at a tīrtha becomes especially meritorious when done with purity and proper conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāṇḍu-kūpa (Pāṇḍu’s well) within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sandhyā-upāsanā of Sāvitrī using Pāṇḍu-kūpa water, ideally as a gṛhastha together with one’s wife.