Bhishma said The son of the king of Panchala, that conqueror of enemy's cities, Shikhandin is one of the foremost of Rathas on the side of the son of Pritha, in my opinion, O Bharata.
भीष्म उवाच पञ्चालराजस्य सुतो राजन् परपुरंजयः। शिखण्डि रथमुख्यो मे मतः पार्थस्य भारत॥