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.
斯甘达说道：“亦当知此更进一步之教诲——隐秘而具内在缘由。于满月之日，当月出之时，若有人以铜器盛蜜和之甘食，献为供物（bali）于苏摩（即月神），则当以信心聆听此善行恒常之福果。其所献之供，萨陀耶、鲁陀罗、阿底提耶、毗湿毗提婆、阿湿毗尼双神、摩鲁特众与八位婆苏亦皆受纳；由此，月与大海据说得以增长。是故我已宣说此能致安乐之法，并其隐秘之义。”
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.