Shloka 29
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
जयशब्दं तथा चक्रुर्देवा: सर्वे सवासवा: । गन्धर्वा यक्षरक्षांसि मुनय: पितरस्तथा
jayāśabdaṃ tathā cakrur devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ | gandharvā yakṣarakṣāṃsi munayaḥ pitaras tathā | rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then all the gods, together with Indra, raised a cry of victory. Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, sages, and the Pitṛs likewise rejoiced. Surrounded by the Rudras, the Vasus, the Ādityas, and the two Aśvins, the mighty Lord stood encircled—an image of cosmic order affirming rightful power through collective reverence rather than mere force.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how rightful power is affirmed through harmony with cosmic and moral order: the gods and revered beings collectively acclaim the central Lord, suggesting that true authority is recognized by the wider dharmic cosmos, not established by violence alone.
A great celestial gathering erupts in a victory shout. Gods, sages, ancestral spirits, and various divine classes stand around the ‘Prabhu,’ who is depicted as encircled by major divine groups (Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins), marking a moment of exaltation and public divine endorsement.