Varaha Purana 198.56: Adhyaya 198, Shloka 56
Description of the Torments within the Cycle of Rebirth: Hymn to Yama and the Introduction to Citragupta’s Administration
वारिपूर्णं ततः कुम्भं शीतलं च जलं पुनः ॥ दियतां दियतां चेति ब्रुवते नः प्रसीदथ
vāripūrṇaṃ tataḥ kumbhaṃ śītalaṃ ca jalaṃ punaḥ || dīyatāṃ dīyatāṃ ceti bruvate naḥ prasīdatha
फिर एक मटका पानी से भरा हुआ आता है। उसके बाद ठंडा पानी भी दिया जाता है। लोग कहते हैं, 'दे दो, दे दो।' और दुआ करते हैं, 'हमें कृपा करो।'
Varāha (default narrative voice for the excerpted description)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic motif where requests for basic necessities—especially water—frame ethical reflection on generosity and human responsibility.
No specific geographic toponym is explicit in this verse; it functions as a generalized narrative scene rather than a site-description.
The verse foregrounds the moral weight of providing water and relief, implying that refusal or neglect has consequences in later narrative contexts.
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