O descendant of the Bharata race, Karna, having been surrounded by your sons in the battle, looked resplendent, even as the lord Skanda, encompassed by all the celestials, looked radiant in the battle, wherein the Asura Taraka, like an evil, was sought to be defeated.
तव पुत्रैर्वृतः कर्णः शुशुभे तत्र भारत। देवैरिव यथा स्कन्दः संग्रामे तारकामये॥