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)