Shloka 37
कार्त्तिकेयाभिषेकः — Consecration of Kārttikeya and the Enumeration of His Retinue
ततो5भवच्चतुर्मूर्ति: क्षणेन भगवान् प्रभु:
tato 'bhavac caturmūrtiḥ kṣaṇena bhagavān prabhuḥ
И тогда, в одно мгновение, Владыка—верховный Господин—явил себя в четырёх образах, обнаружив божественную мощь, превосходящую обычное восприятие, и напомнив слушающим, что конечное действие принадлежит не человеческой хитрости, но высшей силе среди смятения войны.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the immediacy and supremacy of divine power: the Lord can assume multiple forms at will, suggesting that behind the visible events of the war operates a higher, transcendent agency that can reveal itself suddenly.
Vaiśampāyana reports that the Lord instantly becomes “four-formed,” indicating a sudden divine manifestation (a theophany) occurring within the unfolding events of the Śalya Parva episode.