Shloka 8
Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission
वैखानसैर्वालखिल्यैवा्वाहारैर्मरीचिपै: । भगुभिश्नाज़िरोभिश्व यतिभिश्न महात्मभि:,रुद्रर्वसुभिरादित्यैरश्विभ्यां च वृतः प्रभु: । महापराक्रमी इन्द्र और विष्णु, सूर्य और चन्द्रमा, धाता और विधाता, वायु और अग्नि, पूषा, भग, अर्यमा, अंश, विवस्वान्ू, मित्र और वरुणके साथ बुद्धिमान् रुद्रदेव, एकादश रुद्रणण, आठ वसु, बारह आदित्य और दोनों अश्विनीकुमार--ये सब-के-सब प्रभावशाली कुमार कार्तिकेयको घेरकर खड़े हुए
vaiḫkānasair vālakhilyair vāhārair marīcipaiḥ | bhṛgubhiś cāṅgirobhiś ca yatibhiś ca mahātmabhiḥ || rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: The Lord (Kārttikeya), mighty in prowess, stood surrounded by ascetics and divine seers—Vaikhānasas, Vālakhilyas, the Vāhāras, the Marīcipas, the Bhṛgus, the Aṅgirases, and other great-souled yatis. Around him also gathered the Rudras, the Vasus, the Ādityas, and the twin Aśvins—an assembly that signals the moral order of the cosmos aligning itself behind divine leadership and disciplined austerity.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that true authority is affirmed by alignment with tapas (austerity), restraint, and the cosmic guardians (devas and rishis). Ethical power is portrayed as power endorsed by disciplined sages and divine order, not merely by force.
Vaiśampāyana describes Kārttikeya being encircled by groups of ascetics and major classes of deities—Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins—forming a grand divine assembly around him.