Skanda said: O Indra, continue to rule over the three worlds with self-possession and with a desire for (new) conquests. I shall remain your humble servant. I do not desire to get your sovereignity.
स्कन्द उवाच शाधि त्वमेव त्रैलोक्यमव्यचो विजये रतः। अहं ते किङ्करः शक्र न ममेन्द्रत्वमीप्सितम्॥