Shloka 1.36.18
बालकाण्ड सर्ग ३६ — गङ्गा-प्रभवप्रश्नः, शिवतेजोधारणं, कार्त्तिकेय-जन्म, उमाशापः
तदग्निना पुनर्व्याप्तं सञ्जातश्श्वेतपर्वत:।दिव्यं शरवणं चैव पावकादित्यसन्निभम्।।।।यत्र जातो महातेजा: कार्तिकेयोऽग्निसम्भव:।
tad agninā punar vyāptaṁ sañjātaḥ śvetaparvataḥ |
divyaṁ śaravaṇaṁ caiva pāvakādityasannibham ||
yatra jāto mahātejāḥ kārtikeyo ’gnisambhavaḥ |
That energy, once more pervaded by Agni, became the White Mountain; and it became the divine Śaravaṇa, radiant like fire and the sun—where the great-splendoured Kārttikeya, born of fire, came into being.
That energy pervaded by fire was transformed into the White Mountain. It turned the forest of reeds (Saravana) (blazing) like the fire or the Sun. From that fire was born the glorious Kartikeya.
Dharma is the conversion of overwhelming force into constructive order: tejas is not merely suppressed but transformed into a life-giving, world-stabilizing outcome.
Agni permeates the tejas, which manifests as sacred locales and culminates in the birth of Kārttikeya.
Transformative stewardship—Agni embodies the capacity to carry and refine power into auspicious creation.