They (the celestial) said, “You have no heroism in you, therefore you speak thus. Let the mothers of the universe go today to Skanda. They can muster at will any power they like. Let them kill this child. Saying, “So be it,” they (mothers) went away.
तेऽब्रुवन् नास्ति ते वीर्यं यत् एवं प्रभाषसे। सर्वास्त्वद्याभिगच्छन्तु स्कन्दं लोकस्य मातरः॥ कामवीर्या जन्तु चैनं तथेत्युक्त्वा च ता ययुः।