Shloka 31
चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः
Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement
रुद्रस्य वहल्लेः स्वाहाया: षण्णां स्त्रीणां च भारत | जात: स्कनन््द: सुरश्रेष्ठो रुद्रसूनुस्ततो5भवत्,भारत! सुरश्रेष्ठ स्कन्दका जन्म रुद्रस्वरूप अग्निसे, स्वाहासे तथा छः स्त्रियोंसे हुआ था। इसलिये वे भगवान् रुद्रके पुत्र हुए
rudrasya vahneḥ svāhāyāḥ ṣaṇṇāṁ strīṇāṁ ca bhārata | jātaḥ skandaḥ suraśreṣṭho rudrasūnus tato 'bhavat ||
Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „O Bhārata, Skanda — der Vornehmste unter den Göttern — wurde geboren aus Rudra, aus Vahni (Agni), aus Svāhā und aus sechs Frauen. Darum galt er als Sohn des Herrn Rudra.“
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes how divine identity can be understood through multiple causal strands—Rudra, Agni, Svāhā, and the six women—yet the tradition synthesizes these into a coherent theological conclusion: Skanda is ultimately acknowledged as Rudra’s son, highlighting the primacy of divine essence over complex instrumental causes.
Mārkaṇḍeya explains Skanda’s extraordinary birth, listing the agents involved (Rudra, Agni, Svāhā, and six women) and then states the resulting recognition of Skanda’s status as Rudra’s son and as the foremost among the gods.