Shloka 14
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
यत्रोत्सृष्टः स भगवान् गड़या गिरिमूर्थनि । स शैल: काउ्चन: सर्व: सम्बभौ कुरुसत्तम,कुरुश्रेष्ठ गंगाजीने पर्वतके जिस शिखरपर स्कन्दको छोड़ा था, वह सारा-का-सारा सुवर्णमय हो गया
yatrotsṛṣṭaḥ sa bhagavān gaḍayā girimūrdhani | sa śailaḥ kāñcanaḥ sarvaḥ sambabhau kurusattama ||
Vaiśampāyana sagte: „O Bester der Kurus, der Berggipfel, auf den jener gesegnete Herr—mitsamt seiner Keule—niedergelegt wurde, wurde ganz und gar golden.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how contact with a revered, ‘bhagavat’ presence sanctifies and transforms a place, presenting sacredness as something that radiates outward and leaves enduring auspicious marks in the world.
Vaiśampāyana describes a specific mountain-peak where a blessed figure was set down together with his mace; that very peak (indeed the whole mountain) is said to have become golden, signaling a miraculous or auspicious transformation.