न चाप्युदकदातासौ क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामतिपीड्यते । बांधवैस्तूदकं दत्तं नदीभूत्वोपतिष्ठति
na cāpyudakadātāsau kṣuttṛḍbhyāmatipīḍyate | bāṃdhavaistūdakaṃ dattaṃ nadībhūtvopatiṣṭhati
اور جو پانی کا دان کرنے والا ہو، وہ بھوک اور پیاس سے سخت عذاب میں مبتلا نہیں ہوتا؛ نیز رشتہ داروں کا دیا ہوا پانی اس کے پاس گویا ایک ندی بن کر پہنچتا ہے۔
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.
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.