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