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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.30

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses. Gaṅgā releases Agni’s unbearable embryo onto the mountain, its radiance produces minerals and six Kṛttikās nurse the child who becomes the Devas’ commander

In the sequence: the assembled Suras, with Agni at their head, perform his abhiṣeka as senāpati (commander) → Viśvāmitra closes the account of Gaṅgā and Kumāra's birth.

1.36.30

surasenāgaṇapatiṃ tatas tam amaladyutim
abhyaṣiñcan suragaṇāḥ sametyāgnipurogamāḥ

Then the hosts of gods, assembling with Agni at their head, consecrated him, of spotless radiance, as the lord of the army-hosts of the gods.

Words: surasenāgaṇapatiṃ — as lord of the army-hosts of the gods; tatas — then; tam — him; amaladyutim — of spotless radiance; abhyaṣiñcan — consecrated, anointed; suragaṇāḥ — the hosts of gods; sametyāgnipurogamāḥ — assembling, with Agni at their head

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.