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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 disse: “Aprendei também este ensinamento ulterior — secreto e acompanhado de sua razão interior. No dia de lua cheia, no momento em que a Lua surge, se alguém tomar uma preparação doce misturada com mel num vaso de cobre e a oferecer como bali a Soma (a Lua), ouvi com fé o fruto duradouro desse ato justo. A oferenda que ele dá é aceita pelos Sādhyas, pelos Rudras, pelos Ādityas, pelos Viśvedevas, pelos gêmeos Aśvin, pelas hostes dos Maruts e pelos Vasus; e por ela se diz que a Lua e o oceano aumentam. Assim descrevi um dharma que concede felicidade, juntamente com seu 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.