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Shloka 3

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

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

इदं चाप्यपरं गुह्ं सरहस्यं निबोधत

Skanda uvāca: idaṃ cāpy aparaṃ guhyaṃ sa-rahasyaṃ nibodhata. Pūrṇamāsyāṃ tithau candrodaya-samaye tāmra-bhājane madhu-miśritaṃ pākaṃ gṛhītvā yaś candrāya baliṃ nivedayati, tasya yo nitya-dharma-phala-prāptiḥ, tat śraddhayā śṛṇuta. Tasya dattaṃ taṃ baliṃ sādhya-rudrāditya-viśvedevāśvinīkumāra-marudgaṇā vasavaś ca gṛhṇanti; tena ca candramāḥ samudraś ca vardhate. Evaṃ mayā rahasya-sahitaḥ sukhadāyakaḥ dharmo varṇitaḥ.

Skanda dijo: «Aprended también esta enseñanza ulterior, secreta y acompañada de su razón interior. En el día de luna llena, en el instante en que la Luna se alza, si alguien toma una preparación dulce mezclada con miel en un recipiente de cobre y la ofrece como bali a Soma (la Luna), escuchad con fe el fruto perdurable de ese acto justo. La ofrenda que entrega es aceptada por los Sādhyas, los Rudras, los Ādityas, los Viśvedevas, los gemelos Aśvin, las huestes de los Maruts y los Vasus; y por ella se dice que crecen la Luna y el océano. Así he descrito un dharma que otorga dicha, junto con su sentido secreto.»

इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अपरम्another, further
अपरम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गुह्यम्secret
गुह्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सहwith
सह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
रहस्यम्mystery, secret teaching
रहस्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरहस्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
निबोधतunderstand; learn (you all)
निबोधत:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-बुध्
FormImperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

स्कन्द उवाच

S
Skanda
C
Chandra (the Moon)
P
Purnamasi (full-moon day)
C
copper vessel (tāmra-bhājana)
H
honey (madhu)
S
sweet preparation/food offering (pāka)
B
bali (oblation)
S
Sādhyas
R
Rudras
Ā
Ādityas
V
Viśvedevas
A
Aśvinīkumāras (Aśvins)
M
Maruts
V
Vasus
O
ocean (samudra)

Educational Q&A

Skanda teaches an esoteric dharma: a full-moon, moonrise offering to Chandra—made with a honey-sweet preparation in a copper vessel—yields enduring religious merit, emphasizing śraddhā (faith) and the idea that properly directed ritual supports cosmic harmony.

Skanda describes a specific rite and its results: multiple divine classes are said to accept the offering, and the act symbolically ‘increases’ the Moon and the ocean, concluding with Skanda’s claim that he has revealed a happiness-giving dharma along with its hidden rationale.