Skanda Purana 7.20.324

7.20.324

vyāsasya prārthanayā punaḥ sanatkumārakṛtaḥ pūrvaprakṛtaskandotpattivivaraṇārambhaḥ vahninā śambhutejaso gaṅgāyā saṅkrāmaṇam, tadugratejo dhārayitumakṣamayā gaṅgayā tasya śvetaparvataśikharavarttiśarastambe samutsarjanam, tataśca skandotpattiḥ . skandasya . viśvāmitreṇa jātakarmasaṃpādanam, kṛttikādīnāṃ mātṝṇāṃ ca tatropasthitiḥ, skandena giriśṛṅgasya pātanam śakrasya tatrāgamanam, śakraskandavivādaḥ, śakradarpadalanam, śakrakṛtā senāpatyaṃ grahaṇaprārthanā, sāmasya śivasyāgamaḥ, vahnisvāhāgaṅgādīnāṃ ca tatropāsthatiḥ, skandena ṣoḍhāmūrttidhāraṇam, mahādevena skandāya caturvidha strigrāmapradānam, pārvatyā vahnyādibhiśca tasmai vividhavastrālaṃkārādipradāna. brahyādisarvadivaukasā tatrāgamanam, devānāṃ tārakasaṃhārāya skandasya senāpatyebhiṣecanārthaṃ śivasavidhe prārthanā, mahādevena tadanujñānam .

At the request of Vyāsa, Sanatkumāra again begins the previously broached account of Skanda's birth; the transfer of Śambhu's fiery seed to Gaṅgā by Fire; Gaṅgā, unable to bear that fierce fiery energy, deposits it in a thicket of reed-grass situated on the peak of the white mountain, and from that comes the birth of Skanda; Viśvāmitra's performance of the birth rites for Skanda; the arrival there of the Kṛttikās and other mothers; Skanda's toppling of the mountain peak; Śakra's arrival there, the dispute between Śakra and Skanda, and the crushing of Śakra's pride; Śakra's request that he accept generalship of the army; the arrival of Śiva with Umā; the presence there of Fire, Svāhā, Gaṅgā, and others; Skanda's assuming a sixfold form; Mahādeva's grant of the four kinds of female hosts to Skanda; the presentation of various garments, ornaments, and other gifts to him by Pārvatī, Fire, and others; the arrival there of all the celestials beginning with Brahmā; the gods' petition before Śiva for Skanda's consecration to generalship for the slaying of Tāraka; and Mahādeva's granting permission for it.