Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 49
The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra
ददृशुर्बालमत्युग्रं षण्मुखं सूर्यसंनिभम् मुष्णन्तमिव चक्षुंषि तेजसा स्वेन देवताः
dadṛśurbālamatyugraṃ ṣaṇmukhaṃ sūryasaṃnibham muṣṇantamiva cakṣuṃṣi tejasā svena devatāḥ
দেৱতাসকলে এটা শিশু দেখিলে—অত্যন্ত উগ্ৰ—ষণ্মুখ, সূৰ্য সদৃশ দীপ্ত; যাৰ নিজ তেজে যেন তেওঁলোকৰ দৃষ্টিশক্তি কেঢ়ি লৈছিল।
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FAQs
Purāṇic style often juxtaposes youthful form with overwhelming śakti: Skanda appears as a kumāra (child) while embodying martial, cosmic power suited for deva-kārya (the gods’ task).
It is a conventional marker of divine presence: the deity’s tejas exceeds ordinary perception, producing a blinding brilliance that indicates transcendence and irresistible potency.
Not yet; it sets the epiphanic scene. The subsequent verses move from vision (darśana) to action—pilgrimage and abhiṣeka at named tīrthas.