Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

पाणीतकं कालिकं च महामायाविनायुभौ

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pāṇītakaṃ kālikaṃ ca mahāmāyāvināyubhau, rudravasubhirādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

வைசம்பாயனர் கூறினார்— மகாமாயை உடைய பாணீதகன், காலிகன் ஆகிய இருவருடனும் அந்தப் பெருமான் ருத்ரர்கள், வசுக்கள், ஆதித்யர்கள் மற்றும் இரு அச்வின்களால் சூழப்பட்டு நின்றான்.

Word by Word

• पाणीतकम्: Pāṇītaka (a name/epithet; lit. ‘having hands’/‘handed’)
• पाणीतकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणीतक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कालिकम्: Kālika (a name/epithet; ‘dark/blackish’)
• कालिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• महामायाविनौ: two great illusionists
• महामायाविनौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामायाविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इयुभौ: those two
• इयुभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इयु (अनियमित सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• 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/encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇītaka
• Kālika
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Aśvins (Aśvinīkumāras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes cosmic legitimacy and reverent order: when divine powers assemble around a single lordly figure, it signals sanctioned authority and the alignment of many forces under a higher command—an ethical reminder that power is ideally exercised within a recognized cosmic and moral framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a scene where a powerful lord is encircled by major classes of gods—Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvin twins—along with two beings described as great masters of māyā (Pāṇītaka and Kālika), indicating a solemn divine gathering and attendance.