Shloka 7
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
एष धर्मो मयोद्दिष्ट: सरहस्य: सुखावह:
eṣa dharmo mayoddiṣṭaḥ sa-rahasyaḥ sukhāvahaḥ | atha dharmakāya dvitīyaṃ gupta-rahasyaṃ śṛṇu | pūrṇamāsyāṃ tithau candrodaya-samaye tāmra-bhājane madhu-miśritaṃ pākaṃ gṛhītvā yaś candrāya baliṃ nivedayati, tasya yo nitya-dharma-phala-lābhaḥ, taṃ śraddhayā śṛṇu | tasya dattaṃ taṃ baliṃ sādhya-rudrāditya-viśvedevāśvinīkumāra-marudgaṇa-vasu-devatā api gṛhṇanti; tena ca candrasya samudrasya ca vṛddhir bhavati | iti mayā rahasya-sahitaḥ sukhadaḥ dharmo varṇitaḥ ||
ఇది నేను ఉపదేశించిన ధర్మం—రహస్యసహితమైనది, సుఖప్రదమైనది.
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
Skanda teaches an esoteric, welfare-bringing dharma: a full-moon, moonrise offering of a honey-sweet preparation in a copper vessel to Chandra, performed with faith, yields enduring religious merit and is portrayed as harmonizing the worshipper with multiple divine classes.
Skanda, as speaker, describes a specific ritual act (bali to the Moon at moonrise on Purnima), states that various divine groups accept the offering, and links the rite to cosmic nourishment—symbolically ‘increasing’ the Moon and the ocean—before concluding that he has explained a secret, beneficial dharma.