सापि तत्प्राशनादेव चित्रकेतोरधारयत् ।
गर्भं कृतद्युतिर्देवी कृत्तिकाग्नेरिवात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥
sa-she; api-even; tat-prasanat-by eating the remnants of food from the great sacrifice; eva-indeed; citraketoh-from King Citraketu; adharayat-bore; garbham-pregnancy; krtadyutih-Queen Krtadyuti; devi-the goddess; krttika-Krttika; agneh-from Agni; iva-as; atma-jam-a son.
As Krttikadevi, after receiving the semen of Lord
Siva from
Agni, conceived a child named
Skanda [Karttikeya], Krtadyuti, having received semen from
Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the
yajna performed by Aṅgira.