Shloka 16
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
अभिषेक त्र्यहं कुर्यात् तस्य धर्म निबोधत । स्कन्दने कहा--देवताओ! अब एकाग्रचित्त होकर मेरी मान्यताके अनुसार भी धर्मका गोपनीय रहस्य सुनो। जो मनुष्य नीले रंगके साँड़की सींगोंमें लगी हुई मिट्टी लेकर इससे तीन दिनोंतक स्नान करता है
abhiṣeka-tryahaṁ kuryāt tasya dharma nibodhata | pṛthivī ratna-sampūrṇā jñānaṁ cedam anuttamam | idam eva tataḥ śrāvyam iti manyeta dharma-vit ||
স্কন্দ বললেন—“তিন দিন ধরে অভিষেক (স্নান-ব্রত) করা উচিত; তার ধর্ম বুঝে নাও। পৃথিবী যদি রত্নে পরিপূর্ণও হয়, আর এই উপদেশ যদি অতুল জ্ঞানও হয়, তবু ধর্মজ্ঞ এই সিদ্ধান্তই করবে—‘এটাই শ্রবণীয়।’”
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
A knower of dharma should prioritize hearing and preserving an authoritative dharma-instruction—even above material wealth—because such teaching is intrinsically worthy and ethically formative.
Skanda addresses the audience with an injunction about a three-day consecratory/ritual observance and emphasizes that the associated dharma-teaching is ‘to be heard’ as a valued secret of righteous practice.