Shloka 2
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
शोधयेदशुभ॑ सर्वमाधिपत्यं परत्र च
śodhayedaśubhaṁ sarvam ādhipatyaṁ paratra ca
Skanda berkata: “Hendaklah seseorang menyucikan segala kekotoran—baik dalam pelaksanaan kekuasaan di sini mahupun dalam keadaan di alam sana.”
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authority and success are not enough; one must actively purify moral faults. Ethical purification is required both for righteous governance in this life and for a favorable state after death.
Skanda is giving an injunction in a didactic context, urging the listener to remove all ‘aśubha’ (moral impurity), emphasizing that the consequences of conduct extend from worldly power (ādhipatya) to the hereafter (paratra).