Thrown there, it produced a greatly powerful male child. As it was considered by the Rishis as cast off, that child came to be called Skanda. The child had six heads, twelve ears, twelve eyes and twelve arms.
तस्मिन् कुण्डे प्रतिपदि कामिन्या स्वाहया तदा। तत् स्कन्नं तेजसा तत्र संवृतं जनयत् सुतम्॥ ऋषिभिः पूजितं स्कन्नमनयत् स्कन्दतां ततः। षशिरा द्विगुणश्रोत्रो द्वादशाक्षिभुजक्रमः॥