Having duly bowed into him, they said these words, O king, from desire of doing god unto Kartikeya:-"O Lord of the gods, for the sake of our happiness you should give this youth some kind of sovereignty that may suit him and that he may desire.'
प्रणिपत्य ततस्ते तु विधिवद् राजपुङ्गवा उदमूचुर्वचो राजन् कार्तिकेयप्रियेप्सया॥ अस्य बालस्य भगवन्नाधिपत्यं यथेप्सितम्। अस्मात्प्रियार्थं देवेश सदृशं दातुमर्हसि॥