Shloka 108
Varuṇābhiṣeka–Agni-anveṣaṇa–Kaubera-tīrtha
Varuṇa’s Consecration; Search for Agni; Kaubera Sacred Site
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिमूच्छसि । यथाभिषिक्तो भगवान् स्कन्दो देवै: समागतै:
etad te sarvam ākhyātaṁ yan māṁ tvaṁ parimūcchasi | yathābhiṣikto bhagavān skando devaiḥ samāgataiḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „All dies ist dir vollständig berichtet worden—wonach du mich so sehr gedrängt hast zu erklären—nämlich wie der erhabene Skanda geweiht wurde, als die versammelten Götter zusammenkamen.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate authority is established through proper consecration and collective recognition; sacred leadership is portrayed as grounded in dharmic procedure and communal assent rather than mere force.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana concludes that he has answered the listener’s repeated inquiry by recounting how Skanda was consecrated when the gods assembled.