The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.43.1

9.43.1

janamejaya uvāca |
sarasvatyāḥ prabhāvo'yamuktaste dvijasattama |
kumārasyābhiṣekaṃ tu brahmanvyākhyātumarhasi || 1 ||

Janamejaya said, "Thou hast described the merits of the Sarasvati, O best of Brahmanas! It behoveth thee, O regenerate one, to describe to me the investiture of Kumara (by the gods). Great is the curiosity I feel. Tell me everything, therefore, about the time when and the place where and the manner in which the adorable and puissant lord Skanda was invested (with the command of the celestial forces). Tell me also, O foremost of speakers, who they were that invested him and who performed the actual rites, and how the celestial generalissimo made a great carnage of the Daityas!"