एष ते राम गङ्गाया विस्तरोऽभिहितो मया। कुमारसम्भवश्चैव धन्यः पुण्यस्तथैव च॥ भक्तश्च यः कार्तिकेये काकुत्स्थ भुवि मानवः। आयुष्मान् पुत्रपौत्रैश्च स्कन्दसालोक्यतां व्रजेत् ॥
eṣa te rāma gaṅgāyā vistaro'bhihito mayā| kumārasambhavaścaiva dhanyaḥ puṇyastathaiva ca|| bhaktaśca yaḥ kārtikeye kākutstha bhuvi mānavaḥ| āyuṣmān putrapautraiśca skandasālokyatāṃ vrajet ||
English Meaning
He who, O Kākutstha, on earth revere Kārtikeya, is blessed, and attain righteousness, and being long-lived and obtaining sons and grand-sons, repair to the regions of Skanda.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)