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.
スカンダは言った。「さらにこの教えをも知れ—秘され、内なる理（ゆえ）を伴う。満月の日、月の出る刻に、銅の器に蜜を和えた甘き供物を取り、ソーマ（すなわち月）にバリ（bali）として捧げるならば、その正しき行いの尽きぬ功徳を、信をもって聴け。その供えはサーディヤ、ルドラ、アーディティヤ、ヴィシュヴェデーヴァ、アシュヴィンの双神、マルットの群、そしてヴァスたちにも受け取られ、これにより月と大海は増し栄えると説かれる。かくして我は、秘義を伴う、安楽をもたらす法を語り終えた。」
स्कन्द उवाच
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.