Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

कामवीर्यधरान्‌ सिद्धान्‌ महापारिषदान्‌ प्रभु: । नन्दिसेनं लोहिताक्षं घण्टाकर्ण च सम्मतम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kāmavīryadharān siddhān mahāpāriṣadān prabhuḥ | nandisenaṃ lohitākṣaṃ ghaṇṭākarṇaṃ ca sammatam | rudrair vasubhir ādityair aśvibhyāṃ ca vṛtaḥ prabhuḥ |

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—پرَبھو اسکند/کارتّیکَیَہ کے گرد کامل سِدھ اور دیوی دربار کے بڑے پارشد موجود تھے، جو ارادے کے مطابق شجاعت و قوت دھارنے والے تھے؛ نندی سین، لوہِتاکش اور معزز گھَنٹاکرن بھی اسے گھیرے کھڑے تھے۔ نیز رُدر، وَسُ، آدِتیہ اور دونوں اَشوِنی بھی اس کی خدمت میں حاضر تھے۔

Word by Word

• कामवीर्यधरान्: bearing desired power/energy
• कामवीर्यधरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामवीर्यधर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सिद्धान्: the Siddhas (perfected beings)
• सिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महापारिषदान्: great attendants/courtiers
• महापारिषदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापारिषद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• नन्दिसेनम्: Nandisena
• नन्दिसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोहिताक्षम्: Lohitākṣa (red-eyed one)
• लोहिताक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहिताक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घण्टाकर्णम्: Ghaṇṭākarṇa (bell-eared one)
• घण्टाकर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टाकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सम्मतम्: approved/esteemed
• सम्मतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• 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
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Siddhas
• Mahāpāriṣadas (great court-attendants)
• Nandisena
• Lohitākṣa
• Ghaṇṭākarṇa
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Aśvins (Aśvinīkumāras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents rightful authority as harmonized with cosmic order: the Lord is attended by perfected beings and major deity-groups, suggesting that true power is legitimized and stabilized by disciplined, dharmic forces rather than mere individual might.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes Skanda/Kārttikeya standing encircled by eminent attendants (Nandisena, Lohitākṣa, Ghaṇṭākarṇa) and by divine classes (Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, and the Aśvins), forming a majestic divine entourage.