Chapter 36 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 36.18

यत्र जातो महातेजाः कार्तिकेयोऽग्निसम्भवः। अथोमां च शिवं चैव देवाः सर्षिगणास्तथा॥ पूजयामासुरत्यर्थं सुप्रीतमनसस्तदा।

yatra jāto mahātejāḥ kārtikeyo'gnisambhavaḥ| athomāṃ ca śivaṃ caiva devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā|| pūjayāmāsuratyarthaṃ suprītamanasastadā|

English Meaning

Here sprang from Fire Kārtikeya of mighty energy. And thereupon the celestials and the saints, with gratified hearts, began to pay enthusiastic adorations to Uma and Siva.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)