Shloka 20

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

दिव्यसम्भारसंयुक्तैः कलशै: काउचनैर्न॑प । सरस्वतीभि: पुण्याभिर्दिव्यतोयाभिरेव तु

Transliteration

divyasambhārasaṃyuktaiḥ kalaśaiḥ kāñcanair nṛpa | sarasvatībhiḥ puṇyābhir divyatoyābhir eva tu || rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ | mahāparākramī kumāraḥ kārtikeyo nṛśaṃsa-bhayaṅkaraḥ senāpatipade ’bhiṣicyata ||

Translation

ヴァイサンパーヤナは語った。王よ、神々の備えを整えた黄金の壺に、清らかな天の水を満たし、聖なる七つのサラスヴァティーが灌頂の儀を執り行った。アスラを震え上がらせる大勇の主、クマーラ・カールッティケーヤは、総司令官の位へと注水されて任じられた。ルドラ、ヴァス、アーディティヤ、双子のアシュヴィンに囲まれて立つその姿は、正当な叙任の規範を示す—力で奪うのではなく、清浄と秩序と神々の総意によって、儀礼を通じて権能が託されるのである。

Word by Word

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सम्भार: materials, requisites
• सम्भार: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संयुक्तैः: endowed/combined (with)
• संयुक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कलशैः: with pots/jars
• कलशैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• काञ्चनैः: golden
• काञ्चनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सरस्वतीभिः: by the Sarasvatīs (rivers/deities)
• सरस्वतीभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• पुण्याभिः: holy, meritorious
• पुण्याभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तोयाभिः: with waters
• तोयाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रुद्रैः: by/with the Rudras
• रुद्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वसुभिः: by/with the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आदित्यैः: by/with the Ādityas
• आदित्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्विभ्याम्: by/with the two Aśvins
• अश्विभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वृतः: surrounded, encompassed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• nṛpa (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya in the frame narrative)
• Kumāra Kārtikeya (Skanda)
• Sarasvatī (seven Sarasvatīs)
• Rudras (eleven Rudras)
• Vasus (eight Vasus)
• Ādityas (twelve Ādityas)
• Aśvinau (the two Aśvins)
• kāñcana-kalaśa (golden pitchers)
• divya-toya (celestial waters)
• senāpati-pada (office of commander-in-chief)
• asuras (asura-hosts, implied as adversaries)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Authority and martial power are portrayed as legitimate when conferred through purity, ritual order, and collective divine sanction—suggesting that leadership should be entrusted, not merely taken.

What is happening in the narrative?

The gods and divine classes (Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins) stand around Kumāra Kārtikeya while the sacred Sarasvatīs, using golden pitchers filled with divine water, perform his consecration as commander-in-chief.