Shloka 7
Sarasvatī-Śāpavimokṣa, Rākṣasa-Mokṣa, and Aruṇā-Tīrtha
Indra–Namuci Expiation
तत्र तीर्थे सुरा: स्कन्दम भ्यषिज्चन्नराधिप । सैनापत्येन महता सुरारिविनिबर्हणम्,नरेश्वर! उसी तीर्थमें देवताओंने देवशत्रुओंका विनाश करनेवाले स्कन्दको महान् सेनापतिके पदपर अभिषिक्त किया था
tatra tīrthe surāḥ skandam abhyasiñcann arādhipa | saināpatyena mahatā surārivinibarhaṇam ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «في ذلك المعبر المقدّس، أيها الملك، مسحَت الآلهةُ سْكَنْدَه—قاهرَ أعداء الدِّيفات—ونصّبته في المنصب العظيم قائدًا أعلى للجيوش. وهكذا يُذكر ذلك التيرثَ بوصفه موضعًا ثُبّتت فيه السلطة الإلهية بالطقس صونًا للنظام الكوني.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate authority—especially military leadership—should be grounded in dharma and publicly affirmed through sanctioned rites. The verse frames warfare as justified only when oriented toward protecting cosmic and social order, not personal ambition.
Vaiśampāyana describes a particular tīrtha where the gods performed an abhiṣeka (consecration) of Skanda, installing him as the great senāpati, famed for destroying the devas’ enemies. The passage elevates the tīrtha’s sanctity by linking it to this divine appointment.