Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84
न चाप्युदकदातासौ क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामतिपीड्यते । बांधवैस्तूदकं दत्तं नदीभूत्वोपतिष्ठति
na cāpyudakadātāsau kṣuttṛḍbhyāmatipīḍyate | bāṃdhavaistūdakaṃ dattaṃ nadībhūtvopatiṣṭhati
ومن كان واهبًا للماء لا يعذبه الجوع والعطش بشدة؛ وعلاوة على ذلك، فإن الماء الذي يقدمه الأقارب يأتي إليه، ويصبح وكأنه نهر.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Type: ghat
Scene: A preta parched and weakened is suddenly met by a flowing river made of offered water; relatives at a ghāṭa pour udaka that becomes a luminous stream in the subtle realm.
FAQs
Water charity is exalted: it alleviates suffering and ensures abundant support in the preta-state.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse praises the dharma of giving water and offering water to ancestors.
Udaka-dāna (giving water) in life and water offerings by relatives after death.