Shloka 49
चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः
Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement
(५॥॥ बृहस्पतिर्मन्त्रविद्धि जजाप च जुहाव च । एवं स्कन्दस्य महिषीं देवसेनां विदुर्जना:,उस समय मन्त्रवेत्ता बृहस्पतिजीने वेदमन्त्रोंका जप और होम किया। इस प्रकार सब लोग यह जान गये कि देवसेना कुमार कार्तिकेयकी पटरानी है
Bṛhaspatir mantraviddhi jajāpa ca juhāva ca | evaṁ Skandasya mahiṣīṁ Devasenāṁ vidur janāḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: Bṛhaspati, kundig der heiligen Mantras, vollzog Mantra-Rezitation und brachte Opfergaben ins Feuer dar. So erkannten die Menschen, dass Devasenā die mahīṣī, die geweihte Hauptkönigin Skandas (Kārttikeya), war.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
That dharmic legitimacy is established through proper Vedic procedure and communal recognition: mantra-recitation and fire-offering, performed by an authorized priestly authority, publicly confirm a rightful status (here, Devasenā as Skanda’s chief queen).
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Bṛhaspati performs japa and homa, after which people understand and accept that Devasenā is Skanda/Kārttikeya’s principal consort.