Shloka 51
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
उन्मादं शड्कुकर्ण च पुष्पदन्तं तथैव च
unmādaṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ ca puṣpadantaṃ tathaiva ca, rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: The mighty Lord (Kārttikeya) stood surrounded—by Unmāda, Śaṅkukarṇa, and Puṣpadanta, and likewise by the Rudras, the Vasus, the Ādityas, and the twin Aśvins. The scene presents the war-god not as an isolated hero but as a divinity upheld by the cosmic order: the principal deities and their hosts gather around him, signaling collective sanction, disciplined power, and the alignment of martial force with divine governance.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power—especially martial power—is shown as legitimate and stabilizing when it is aligned with the wider cosmic and moral order. Kārttikeya’s might is framed as supported by divine hosts, emphasizing disciplined authority rather than solitary aggression.
The narrator describes Kārttikeya being encircled and attended by named gaṇas (Unmāda, Śaṅkukarṇa, Puṣpadanta) and by major divine groups—the Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the twin Aśvins—forming a protective and honorific assembly around him.