Shloka 51

कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue

Devanagari script

ततः कुमारमादाय देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमा: । अभिषेकार्थमाजम्मु: शैलेन्द्रं सहितास्तत:

Transliteration

tataḥ kumāram ādāya devā brahmapurogamāḥ | abhiṣekārtham ājagmuḥ śailendraṃ sahitās tataḥ ||

Translation

തുടർന്ന് ബ്രഹ്മാവ് മുൻപിൽ നിൽക്കേ ദേവഗണം കുമാരനെ കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട്, അവന്റെ അഭിഷേകാർത്ഥം, എല്ലാവരും ചേർന്ന് ശൈലേന്ദ്രൻ—പർവ്വതരാജൻ—വഴി പുറപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

कुमारम्the prince/boy (Kumāra)

आदायhaving taken

देवाःthe gods

ब्रह्मपुरोगमाःhaving Brahmā in front/led by Brahmā

अभिषेक-अर्थम्for (his) consecration

आजग्मुःcame, arrived

शैलेन्द्रम्to the lord of mountains (mountain-king)

सहिताःaccompanied, together (with others)

ततःthereupon/then

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devāḥ (the gods)

Brahmā

Kumāra (the prince)

Śailendra (lord of mountains)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate authority is portrayed as grounded in dharma and public-ritual validation: the prince’s elevation is not a private act but a consecration undertaken with the assent of the gods, symbolizing moral and cosmic approval.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that the gods, with Brahmā leading them, take a young prince and go together to the ‘lord of mountains’ to carry out his abhiṣeka (royal consecration/coronation).