Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्याग्रे कारयामास वापीं स्वच्छोदकान्विताम् । सोपानपंक्तिभिर्युक्तां साधुभिः संप्रशंसिताम्
tasyāgre kārayāmāsa vāpīṃ svacchodakānvitām | sopānapaṃktibhiryuktāṃ sādhubhiḥ saṃpraśaṃsitām
اس کے سامنے اس نے ایک واپی (سیڑھی دار کنواں) بنوایا جو شفاف پانی سے بھری تھی، سیڑھیوں کی قطاروں سے آراستہ اور نیک لوگوں کی بہت ستائی ہوئی تھی۔
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.