Shloka 6
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
मरुतो वसवश्चैव प्रतिगृह्नन्ति तं बलिम् । सोमश्न वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्चन महोदधि:
maruto vasavaś caiva pratigṛhṇanti taṁ balim | somaś ca vardhate tena samudraś ca mahodadhiḥ ||
Skanda said: “The Maruts and the Vasus indeed accept that offering. By it Soma (the Moon) increases, and the ocean—the great sea—also grows. Thus I have described a secret, auspicious dharma that brings well-being.”
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
That a properly offered bali (ritual oblation), taught as a confidential dharma, is believed to be accepted by divine classes like the Maruts and Vasus and to yield cosmic and personal benefit—symbolized by the increase of Soma (the Moon) and the ocean—thereby affirming the link between disciplined ritual action and the maintenance of cosmic order.
Skanda is continuing an instruction on a ‘secret’ dharma: he states that the offering being discussed is received by certain gods, and he frames its efficacy in cosmic terms—strengthening Soma and the sea—concluding that he has explained an auspicious, welfare-bringing religious practice.