[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 9.43.2 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.43.2 Mahābhārata 9.43.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43.2) yasminkāle ca deśe ca yathā ca vadatāṃ vara | yaiścābhiṣikto bhagavānvidhinā yena ca prabhuḥ || 2 || > 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!" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43.1) - [Next: 9.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43.3) - [Up: 9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.44.2) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.45.2) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.44.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.43.2) · Pramāṇa