Shloka 14
पानीयदान-प्रपादान-वापीकूपतडाग-निर्माण-प्रशंसा
Praise of Water-Gift and the Construction of Wells and Tanks
हेमन्ते शिशिरे चैव सलिलं यस्य तिष्ठति । स वै बहुसुवर्णस्य यज्ञस्य लभते फलम्
hemante śiśire caiva salilaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati | sa vai bahusuvarṇasya yajñasya labhate phalam
Kung sa mga panahon ng Hemanta at Śiśira ay nananatiling nakaimbak ang tubig sa isang tao (para sa pagkakawanggawa), tunay ngang matatamo niya ang bunga ng isang yajña na isinagawa na may saganang ginto.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it continues the merit-gradation: keeping water available through hemanta and śiśira yields the fruit of a yajña performed with abundant gold (bahu-suvarṇa-yajña).
Significance: Highlights the increasing difficulty/merit of sustaining water in winter seasons; frames resource-stewardship as a high sacrificial equivalent.
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that even a simple, compassionate act—ensuring water is available for beings in harsh seasons—can yield merit comparable to costly Vedic rites, aligning outer charity with inner Shaiva dharma.
Water is central to Śiva-liṅga worship (abhiṣeka). The verse elevates the sanctity of water itself: preserving and offering it becomes a Saguna act of devotion that supports purity, compassion, and reverence for Shiva.
Keep clean water for offering and charity in winter; perform Śiva-abhiṣeka with remembrance of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and share water as dāna to travelers, animals, or those in need.