Shloka 21
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
अभ्यषिज्चन् कुमार वै सम्प्रहृषषशट दिवौकस: । सेनापतिं महात्मानमसुराणां भयंकरम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca | abhyasiñcan kumāraṃ vai samprahṛṣṭā divaukasaḥ | senāpatiṃ mahātmānam asurāṇāṃ bhayaṅkaram | rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。歓喜に満ちた神々は、神なる若き者—クマーラ・カールッティケーヤ—に聖なる灌頂を施し、その大いなる魂の主を天軍の総司令として据えた。彼は阿修羅にとって恐怖そのものであった。ルドラ、ヴァス、アーディティヤ、そして双子のアシュヴィンに囲まれ、燦然たる威光のうちに立つ彼に、デーヴァたちは聖水を注ぎ、魔性の勢力に抗する宇宙の戦いを率いる権威を授けたのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate authority is established through dharmic consecration and collective divine sanction: leadership is not mere power, but a responsibility ritually affirmed for the protection of cosmic order against destructive forces.
The gods joyfully anoint Kumāra Kārttikeya and install him as senāpati (commander-in-chief). He is depicted as surrounded by major divine groups—Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins—signaling universal celestial support and his role as a formidable opponent of the Asuras.