Hearing of Skanda, the celestial then all spoke thus to Vasava (Indra), "O Shakra, soon kill Skanda, for his prowess is unbearable. If you do not destroy him, he will conquer us with all the three worlds. Vanquishing you, he will become the mighty lord of the celestial.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच स्कन्दं श्रुत्वा तदा देवा वासवं सहिताऽब्रुवन्॥ अविषाबलं स्कन्दं जहि शक्राशु माचिरम्। यदि वा न निहंस्येनं देवेन्द्रोऽयं भविष्यति॥ त्रैलोक्यं संनिगृह्यास्मांस्त्वां च शक्र महाबल।