The son of the great Rishi Gautama, or the preceptor Sharadvata, born on a clump of health, is invincible as the war god Kartikeya himself.
गौतमस्य महर्षर्य आचार्यस्य शरद्वतः। कार्तिकेय इवाजेयः शरस्तम्बात् सुतोऽभवत्॥