Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 6
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
मरुतो वसवश्चैव प्रतिगृह्नन्ति तं बलिम् । सोमश्न वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्चन महोदधि:
maruto vasavaś caiva pratigṛhṇanti taṁ balim | somaś ca vardhate tena samudraś ca mahodadhiḥ ||
Wika ni Skanda: “Tunay na tinatanggap ng mga Marut at ng mga Vasu ang handog na iyon. Sa pamamagitan nito, lumalago si Soma (ang Buwan), at lumalaki rin ang karagatan—ang dakilang dagat. Sa gayon ay inilarawan ko ang isang lihim at mapalad na dharma na nagdudulot ng kagalingan.”
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
That a properly offered bali (ritual oblation), taught as a confidential dharma, is believed to be accepted by divine classes like the Maruts and Vasus and to yield cosmic and personal benefit—symbolized by the increase of Soma (the Moon) and the ocean—thereby affirming the link between disciplined ritual action and the maintenance of cosmic order.
Skanda is continuing an instruction on a ‘secret’ dharma: he states that the offering being discussed is received by certain gods, and he frames its efficacy in cosmic terms—strengthening Soma and the sea—concluding that he has explained an auspicious, welfare-bringing religious practice.