On account of his having been born of the Krittikas and reared by them, he was known in the three worlds by the name of Kartikeya. Having originated from the seed which had fallen off from Rudra he was named Skanda, and because of his birth in a solitary forest of reeds he was called Guha.
अभवत् कार्तिकेयः स त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे। स्कन्नत्वात् स्कन्दतां प्राप्तो गुहावासाद् गुहोऽभवत्।।