Shloka 13

Jatugṛha-dāhānantara-vṛttāntaḥ

Aftermath of the Lac House Fire

Devanagari script

आग्नेय: कृत्तिकापुत्रो रौद्रो गाज़ेय इत्यपि | श्रूयते भगवान्‌ देव: सर्वगुह्ममयों गुहः,“सुना जाता है, सर्वगुह्म॒स्वरूप भगवान्‌ स्कन्ददेव अग्नि, कृत्तिका, रुद्र तथा गंगा--इन सबके पुत्र हैं

Transliteration

āgneyaḥ kṛttikāputro raudro gāṅgeya ity api | śrūyate bhagavān devaḥ sarvaguhyamayo guhaḥ ||

Translation

భగవాన్ గుహ (స్కందుడు) అగ్నిపుత్రుడు, కృత్తికాపుత్రుడు, రుద్రపుత్రుడు, గాంగేయుడు అని కూడా శ్రుతి చెబుతుంది; ఆయన సమస్త గుహ్య తత్త్వముల స్వరూపుడు.

Word by Word

आग्नेयःborn of Agni / Agni’s (son)

कृत्तिकापुत्रःson of the Kṛttikās

रौद्रःborn of Rudra / Rudra’s (son)

गाङ्गेयःborn of Gaṅgā / Gaṅgā’s (son)

इतिthus

अपिalso

श्रूयतेis heard / is said

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

देवःthe god

सर्वगुह्यमयःconsisting wholly of mysteries / entirely secret-natured

गुहःGuha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Guha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

Agni

Kṛttikās

Rudra (Śiva)

Gaṅgā

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes Skanda’s transcendent status: he is described through multiple divine parentages (Agni, the Kṛttikās, Rudra, and Gaṅgā), indicating that his origin cannot be confined to a single lineage and that he embodies profound sacred mysteries (sarvaguhyamaya).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports the traditional epithets and origin-accounts of Guha/Skanda, listing how different sacred traditions describe him as the son of various divine figures, thereby situating Skanda within a broader mythic and theological framework.