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

C’est pourquoi qu’un réservoir d’eau soit établi près de l’āśrama, afin que, par votre gracieuse approbation et votre soutien, je puisse m’y baigner.

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.