Chapter 37 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 37.26

स्कन्द इत्यब्रुवन् देवाः स्कन्नं गर्भपरिस्रवे। कार्तिकेयं महाबाहुं काकुत्स्थ ज्वलनोपमम्॥

skanda ityabruvan devāḥ skannaṃ garbhaparisrave| kārtikeyaṃ mahābāhuṃ kākutstha jvalanopamam||

English Meaning

And, O Kākutstha, since Kārtikeya had issued from (Gangā's) womb the celestials called that effulgent and mighty-armed one, Skanda.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)