Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्याग्रे कारयामास वापीं स्वच्छोदकान्विताम् । सोपानपंक्तिभिर्युक्तां साधुभिः संप्रशंसिताम्
tasyāgre kārayāmāsa vāpīṃ svacchodakānvitām | sopānapaṃktibhiryuktāṃ sādhubhiḥ saṃpraśaṃsitām
Devant Lui, il fit creuser un puits à degrés, rempli d’une eau limpide, pourvu de rangées de marches, et hautement loué par les vertueux.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)
Type: kund
Scene: Before the temple, artisans complete a pristine step-well with descending stone steps; sādhus and townsfolk admire the clear water and orderly architecture.
FAQs
Creating public sources of pure water is praised as dharma and a tīrtha-supporting act that generates lasting puṇya.
A local tīrtha setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is implied, centered on a newly constructed vāpī that becomes renowned.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the meritorious act is the construction of a clean-water vāpī with accessible steps.