Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
वापीकूपतडागानामारामाणां विशे षतः । आरोपकः प्रपाणां च न प्रेतो जायते नरः
vāpīkūpataḍāgānāmārāmāṇāṃ viśe ṣataḥ | āropakaḥ prapāṇāṃ ca na preto jāyate naraḥ
Sesiapa yang mengusahakan pembinaan telaga, perigi bertangga dan kolam, serta khususnya membangunkan taman dan mendirikan tempat air minum—orang itu tidak lahir sebagai preta.
Māṃsāda
Type: kshetra
Scene: Workers dig a well and line a stepwell; nearby a pond glistens, a garden with flowering trees offers shade, and a traveler drinks at a water-station (prapā) under a canopy; the donor oversees with humility.
FAQs
Dharma includes loka-hita: sustaining life through water and shade is a high form of merit praised in tīrtha traditions.
No single site is named; the verse promotes infrastructure that supports pilgrims and communities around tīrthas.
Establishing water sources (kūpa, taḍāga, vāpī), gardens (ārāma), and drinking-water stations (prapā).