अध्याय १५९
श्लोक 1
मत्स्य-पुराण १५९ वामं विदार्य निष्क्रान्तः सुतो देव्याः पुनः शिशुः स्कन्दाच्च वदने वह्नेः शुक्रात्सुवदनो ऽरिहा
matsya-purāṇa 159 vāmaṃ vidārya niṣkrāntaḥ suto devyāḥ punaḥ śiśuḥ skandācca vadane vahneḥ śukrātsuvadano 'rihā
हिन्दी अर्थ
भवनस्य वटः पूर्वे दिग्भागे सार्वकामिकः । उदुम्बरस्तथा याम्ये वारुण्यां पिप्पलः शुभः कण्टकी क्षीरवृक्षश्च आसनः सफलो द्रुमः पुन्नागाशोकबकुलशमीतिलकचम्पकान् । दाडिमीपिप्पलीद्राक्षास्तथा कुसुममण्डपान्
English
Suta said: — Before the fair-faced rvuniura, tin' dfv-itroym' of tlio foes, was born, he was effused in the form of semen in the mouth of the fire, afterwar<]s lie Ciimo out of the hdt l>el!y of tlie IK*vi. ffffie Kritik is joined together with him after his birth and the six Ik'jhU wmi* fixed to the six trunks; for thesi- reasons he is known as Skaiida, Vi.-akha, Sanmnkha, and Kartikovu. — 1-3.