स्कंद इत्यब्रुवन् देवाः स्कन्नं गर्भपरिस्रवात् | कार्तिकेयं महाबाहुं काकुत्स्थ ज्वलनोपमम् || १-३७-२७
praadur.hbhuutam tataH kShiiram kR^ittikaanaam anuttamam | ShaNNaam ShaD aanano bhuutvaa jagraaha stanajam payaH || 1-37-28
Translation
"And gods called that boy, oh, Rama of Kakutstha, whose glow is like that of flaring fire and who is ambidextrous as 'Skanda' for he slid down from the secretions of a womb. [1-37-27]
Word by word
kaakutstha
oh Rama of Kakutstha
jvalanopamam
similar to [glow] flare of fire
mahaabaahum
ambidextrous
garbhaparisravaat skannam
who slid down from secretions of the womb; such a
kaartikeyam
Kaartikeya - is called
devaaH
gods
skanda \t\t\titi abruvan
Skanda, thus, they called him - in its lexical meaning - to \t\t\tslid, who glissaded.
Chapter context
Legend of Kartikeya
31 verses · Verse 27 of 31
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