Shloka 423
Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)
यावत् षोडश वर्षाणि शिशूनां हाशिवास्तत: । जैसे पुरुषोंमें भगवान् रुद्र श्रेष्ठ हैं, उसी प्रकार स्त्रियोंमें आर्या उत्तम मानी गयी हैं। आर्या कुमार कार्तिकेयकी जननी हैं। लोग अपने अभीष्टकी सिद्धिके लिये उनका उपर्युक्त ग्रहोंसे पृथक् पूजन करते हैं। इस प्रकार मैंने ये कुमारसम्बन्धी महान् ग्रह बताये हैं। जबतक सोलह वर्षकी अवस्था न हो जाय, तबतक ये बालकोंका अमंगल करनेवाले होते हैं
yāvat ṣoḍaśa varṣāṇi śiśūnāṃ hāśivās tataḥ | yathā puruṣeṣu bhagavān rudraḥ śreṣṭhas tathā strīṣu āryā uttamā manyate | āryā kumāra-kārtikeyasya jananī | lokāḥ svābhīṣṭa-siddhaye tasyā uparyukta-grahebhyaḥ pṛthak pūjanaṃ kurvanti | iti mayā ete kumāra-sambandhinaḥ mahān grahāḥ kathitāḥ | yāvat ṣoḍaśa-varṣāvasthā na bhavati tāvat ete bālakānām amaṅgala-kārakā bhavanti ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Up to the age of sixteen, these (grahas) are regarded as inauspicious influences upon children. Just as Lord Rudra is held to be the foremost among men, so among women Āryā is considered supreme. Āryā is the mother of Kumāra Kārttikeya. People, seeking the fulfillment of their desired aims, worship her separately from the aforesaid grahas. Thus I have described these great grahas connected with Kumāra; until a child reaches sixteen years of age, they are said to bring misfortune to the young.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच