Great is my curiosity. Tell me everything, therefore, about the time, place and manner in which the worshipful and powerful Skanda was appointed the commander-in-chief of the celestial hosts! Tell me also, O best of speakers, who invested him and who performed the actual rites and how the celestial generalissimo killed the Daityas."
यस्मिन् देशे च काले च यथा च वदतां वर। यैश्चाभिषिक्तो भगवान् विधिना येन च प्रभुः॥ स्कन्दो यथा च दैत्यानामकरोत् कदनं महत्। तथा मे सर्वामाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥