अभिषेकप्रयाताभिर्दृष्टो वर्ज्य त्वरुन्धतीम्
He was seen by those who had come for the consecration, except for Arundhati.
स्निह्यमानाभिरत्यर्थं स्वकभिरिव मातृभिः
He was greatly cherished by them, as if by their own mothers.
षण्मुखान्यसृजच्छ्रीमांस्तेनायं षण्मुखः स्मृतः
The illustrious one produced six faces; therefore, he is known as Ṣaṇmukha.
स्कन्दिता दानवगणास्तस्मात्स्कन्दः प्रतापवान्
The hosts of Dānavas were scattered by him; hence, the mighty one is called Skanda.
कार्त्तिकेय इति ख्यातस्तस्मादसुरसूदनः
He is famed as Kārttikeya, the slayer of the Asuras.
मुखाद्विनिर्गता तस्य स्वशक्तिरपराजिता
From his mouth emerged his own invincible power.
गरुडादतिसृष्टौ हि पक्षिणौ द्वौ प्रभद्रकौ
From Garuḍa were produced two noble birds.
यस्य दत्ता सरस्वत्या महावीणा महास्वना
To whom Sarasvatī gave the great vīṇā of mighty sound.
मायाविहरणे विप्र गिरौ क्रैञ्चे निपातिते
O sage, in his sport of illusion, the Kraunca mountain was struck down.
सेंद्रोपेन्द्रैर्महाभागैर्देवैरग्निसुतः प्रभुः
With Indra, Upendra, and the illustrious gods, the lord, son of Agni.
देवसेनापतिस्त्वेष पठ्यते सुरनायकः
He is called the commander of the divine army, the leader of the gods.
प्रमथैर्विधैर्देवस्तथा भूतगणैरपि
The god is also accompanied by Pramathas, Vidhas, and hosts of spirits.
लोकाः सोमपदा नाम मरीचेर्यत्र वै सुताः
The worlds called Somapada, where the sons of Marīci dwell.
श्रुता बर्हिषदो नाम पितरः सोमपास्तु ते
The ancestors known as Barhiṣads, who drink Soma, are renowned there.
अच्छौदं नाम तद्दिव्यं सरो यस्मात्समुत्थिता
That divine lake is called Acchauda, from which they arose.
संभूता मानसी तेषां पितॄन्स्वान्नाभिजानती
A mind-born daughter was born to them, who did not recognize her own ancestors.
अमावसुमिति ख्यातमैलपुत्रं नभश्चरम्
Amāvasu, the son of Ila, who moves in the sky, is thus known.
सा तेन व्यभिचारेण गगने नाप्रजारिणी
Because of that transgression with him, she did not bear offspring in the heavens.
त्रीण्यवश्यद्विमानानि पतन्ती सा दिवश्च्युता
Three certain aerial chariots fell from the sky.
सुसूक्ष्मानपरिव्यक्तानग्नीनग्निष्विवाहितान्
They were extremely subtle, unmanifest, and kindled like fire by fire.
तैरुका सा तु मा भैषी रित्यतो ऽधिष्ठिताभवत्
By them she was reassured, being told, 'Do not fear,' and thus she was established.
ऊचुस्ते पितरः कन्यां भ्रष्टैश्वर्यां व्यतिक्रमात्
The ancestors spoke to the maiden, whose sovereignty had been lost due to transgression.
यैराचरन्ति कर्मणि शरीरैरिह देवताः
By whose bodies here the gods perform actions,
सद्यः फलन्ति कर्माणि देवत्वे प्रेत्य मानुषे
Their deeds bear fruit immediately, whether in divinity or after death in human form.
इत्युक्तया तु पितरः पुनस्ते तु प्रसादिताः
Thus addressed, the ancestors were again appeased by her.
उत्पन्नस्य पृथिव्यां तु मानुषेषु महात्मनः
When the great-souled one is born on earth among humans,
अष्टाविंशे भवित्री त्वं द्वापरे मत्स्ययोनिजा
In the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, you will be born from the womb of a fish.
पराशरस्य दायादमृषिं त्वं जनयिष्यसि
You will give birth to a sage, the heir of Parāśara.
महाभिषस्य पुत्रौ द्वौ शन्तनोः कीर्त्तिवर्द्धनौ
You will bear two sons of Mahābhiṣa, the glory-increasing sons of Śantanu.
चित्राङ्गदं च राजानं सर्वसत्त्वबलान्वितम्
Namely, the king Citrāṅgada, endowed with the strength of all beings,