Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्तु पांडवाः सर्वे सहितास्ते वरानने । अखनंस्तत्र ते कूपं द्रौपदीवाक्यप्रेरिताः

Transliteration

tatastu pāṃḍavāḥ sarve sahitāste varānane | akhanaṃstatra te kūpaṃ draupadīvākyapreritāḥ

Translation

ਫਿਰ, ਹੇ ਸੁੰਦਰ-ਮੁਖੀਏ, ਦ੍ਰੌਪਦੀ ਦੇ ਬਚਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੋਏ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਇੱਕ ਕੂਆਂ ਖੋਦਿਆ।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pandavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pāṇḍavāḥ)

• sahitāḥ: together
• sahitāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah + क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; 'together/assembled'

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (or anaphoric pronoun)

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमासः; स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Vocative Singular)

• akhanan: dug
• akhanan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√khan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत) = Imperfect/Past; प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (agent pronoun)

• kūpam: a well
• kūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• draupadī-vākya-preritāḥ: urged by Draupadi’s words
• draupadī-vākya-preritāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: draupadī (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + prerita (प्रातिपदिक; pra√īr/√prer + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (द्रौपद्याः वाक्येन प्रेरिताः); कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying pāṇḍavāḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍava-kūpa (implied etiological well at Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All five Pāṇḍavas, sleeves rolled, dig a well near the hermitage while Draupadī stands nearby, directing with firm yet compassionate resolve; sages bless the undertaking.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas
• Draupadī
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• kūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creating public benefit—especially water access—is a dharmic deed; it becomes sanctified when performed in a holy kṣetra with righteous intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pāṇḍavas’ well (Pāṇḍava-kūpa) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the meritorious act is kūpa-khanana (digging a well), supporting snāna and hospitality.