And, O Kākutstha, since Kārtikeya had issued from (Gangā's) womb the celestials called that effulgent and mighty-armed one, Skanda.
स्कन्द इत्यब्रुवन् देवाः स्कन्नं गर्भपरिस्रवे। कार्तिकेयं महाबाहुं काकुत्स्थ ज्वलनोपमम्॥