When Skanda was married to Devasena, the goddess of wealth in her embodied form waited upon him with diligence. As Skanda attained celebrity on the fifth lunar day, it was called Sripanchami; and as he obtained his object in the sixth, that day was considered to be a great tihi.
यदा स्कन्दः पतिर्लब्धः शाश्वतो देवसेनया। तदा तमाश्रयल्लक्ष्मीः स्वयं देवी शरीरिणी॥ श्रीजुष्टः पञ्चमी स्कन्दस्तस्माच्छ्रीपञ्चमी स्मृता। षष्ठ्यां कृतार्थोऽभूद्यस्मात्तस्मात् षष्ठी महातिथिः॥