Shiva Purana

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॥ संध्योवाच ॥ अधुना कृत्तिकानां च वनं तम्पोष्य पुत्रकम् ॥ तन्नाम चक्रुस्ताः प्रेम्णा कार्त्तिकश्चेति कौतुकात् ॥2.4.4.३०॥

The dusk said: Now, he is the nursling son of the Kṛttikās in the forest. In their eagerness they named him Kārttikeya lovingly.

english translation

॥ saMdhyovAca ॥ adhunA kRttikAnAM ca vanaM tampoSya putrakam ॥ tannAma cakrustAH premNA kArttikazceti kautukAt ॥2.4.4.30॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript