On hearing that blessing of gods Krittika stars gave a bath to that excellently auspicious boy who was radiant like fire, and who slid down from the secretion of the womb of Ganga. [1-37-26]
And gods called that boy, oh ! Rama of Kakutstha, whose glow was like that of flaring fire and who was ambidextrous as 'Skanda' for he slid down from the secretions of a womb. [1-37-27]
Then an unexcelled milk instantly came forth from the breasts of the six Krittika-stars, and becoming a six-faced one that boy too sucked that milk from the six Krittika-stars at the same time. [1-37-28]
On sipping the milk just for one day he became an adolescent boy on that day itself, and even though he was of delicate constitution as a boy, that taskmaster triumphed over the army troops of demons by his own vigour. [1-37-29]
All of the celestial then came together under the leadership of Fire-god and they anointed that highly resplendent boy, Skanda, or Kaarthikeya, as the Chief of Celestial Army troops. [1-37-30]