[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 159.3 # Matsyapurana 159.3 Matsyapurāṇa 159.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [159.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.3) yatastato viśākho 'sau khyāto lokeṣu ṣaṇmukhaḥ skando viśākhaḥ ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyaśca viśrutaḥ // > Sûta said—Before the fair faced Kumâra, the destroyer of the foes, was born, he was effused in the form of semen in the mouth of the fire, afterwards he came out of the left belly of the Devî The Krittikâs joined together with him after his birth and the six heads were fixed to the six trunks, for these reasons he is known as Skanda, Viṣakha, Saṇmukha, and Kârtikeya—1 3 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam > Sûta said:—Before the fair faced Kumâra, the destroyer of the foes, was born, he was effused in the form of semen in the mouth of the fire, afterwards he came out of the left belly of the Devî The Kṛitikâs joined together with him after his birth and the six heads were fixed to the six trunks, for these reasons he is known as Skanda, Viśâkha, Saṇmukha, and Kârtikeya.—1-3 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 159.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.2) - [Next: 159.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.4) - [Up: 159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.159.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.159.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.44.144) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.159.3) · Pramāṇa