Worked up with ire, the worshipful Kartikeya then pierced that mountain with that dart given him by Agni. The mountain was called Krauncha (crane). for the sound it always produced resembled the cry of a crane.
ततः क्रौझं महामन्युः क्रौञ्चनादनिनादितम्। शक्त्या विभेद भगवान् कार्तिकेयोऽग्निदत्तया॥