Indra said: O greatly powerful one, O Skanda, at your command I shall continue to act as Indra. If you have said this deliberately and earnestly then hear me how you can gratify your desire to serve me. Become the generallissimo of the celestial army.
इन्द्र उवाच अहमिन्द्रो भविष्यामि तव वाक्यान्महाबल।॥ यदि सत्यमिदं वाक्यं निश्चयाद् भाषितं त्वया। यदि वा शासनं स्कन्द कर्तुमिच्छसि मे शृणु॥ अभिषिच्यस्व देवानां सैनापत्ये महाबला