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Shloka 12

भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः

Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute

भुज्जते पितरो देवा हव्यं कव्यमथाक्षयम्‌ । उसके ऊपर कभी पापका प्रभाव नहीं पड़ेगा, वह कभी पापसे लिप्त नहीं होगा। जो इस प्रसंगको पढ़ेगा, दूसरोंको सुनायेगा अथवा स्वयं सुनेगा, उसे भी उन धर्मोंके आचरणका फल मिलेगा। उसका दिया हुआ हव्य-कव्य अक्षय होगा तथा उसे देवता और पितर बड़ी प्रसन्नतासे ग्रहण करेंगे ।।

bhuñjate pitaro devā havyaṃ kavyam athākṣayam | śrāvayaṃś cāpi viprendrān parvasu prayato naraḥ ||

Skanda sprach: „Die Götter und die Ahnen nehmen die Opfergaben —havya und kavya— in unvergänglicher Weise zu sich. Wer an heiligen Festtagen, diszipliniert und mit reinem Geist, erhabene Brahmanen diese feinen Wahrheiten des Dharma hören lässt, wird fortwährend der Ehre würdig vor Göttern, Rishis und Vorfahren. Wohlstand begleitet ihn, und seine Neigung zu rechtschaffenem Handeln bleibt beständig.“

भुज्यतेis enjoyed/partaken
भुज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormPresent, Passive, 3, Singular
पितरःthe Pitṛs (manes/ancestors)
पितरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हव्यम्havis; offering to gods
हव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कव्यम्kavya; offering to Pitṛs
कव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकव्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथand/then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अक्षयम्imperishable, inexhaustible
अक्षयम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

स्कन्द उवाच

S
Skanda
D
Devas (gods)
P
Pitaras (ancestors)
R
Rishis (seers)
V
Vipras/Brahmins
H
Havya
K
Kavya
P
Parva-days (festival/ritual occasions)

Educational Q&A

That transmitting and facilitating the hearing of dharma—especially on sacred occasions and with personal purity—creates enduring religious merit: offerings become ‘akṣaya’ (unfailing), and one gains the favor and honor of gods, seers, and ancestors, along with steady commitment to righteous conduct.

Skanda is instructing about the spiritual efficacy of ritual offerings (havya to the gods and kavya to the ancestors) and the merit gained by arranging or performing the recitation/hearing of dharma teachings before eminent Brahmins on festival (parva) days.