Even in the night of the full moon in the month of Kartikeya the moon, having lost all its splendour, became invisible or looked like fire, the sky loO king like lotus.
अलक्ष्यः प्रभयाहीनः पौर्णमासी च कार्तिकीम्। चन्द्रोऽभूदग्निवर्णश्च पद्मवर्णनभस्तले॥