Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88
पायंत्यन्ये पिबंत्यन्ये सर्वे ते समभागिनः । तज्जलं मम कस्मात्त्वं धर्मज्ञो न पिबस्यसि
pāyaṃtyanye pibaṃtyanye sarve te samabhāginaḥ | tajjalaṃ mama kasmāttvaṃ dharmajño na pibasyasi
Some make others drink, some drink themselves—yet all of them are equal sharers. So why do you, who claim to know dharma, not drink this water that is mine?
Nara (the man)
Type: kund/ghat (implied water-source utility)
Scene: At the well, one group draws water and offers it onward while another drinks; the speaker points out that all are equal participants in the shared water.
FAQs
It highlights a social-ethical argument: participation and benefit may be shared even when roles differ (giver vs drinker), raising questions of fairness and acceptance.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on a moral dialogue about offered water.
No formal ritual; it concerns the acceptance of water as an offering and the dharmic reasoning around it.