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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.25

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses. Gaṅgā releases Agni’s unbearable embryo onto the mountain, its radiance produces minerals and six Kṛttikās nurse the child who becomes the Devas’ commander

In the sequence: the devatās name him Kārttikeya

1.36.25

tatas tu devatāḥ sarvāḥ kārtikeya iti bruvan
putras trailokya vikhyāto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Then all the deities said, “Kārtikeya!” — “This son will be renowned throughout the three worlds, no doubt.”

Words: tatas — then; tu — and; devatāḥ — the deities; sarvāḥ — all; kārtikeya — Kārtikeya (‘son of the Kṛttikās’); iti — thus; bruvan — said, spoke; putras — the son; trailokya — in the three worlds; vikhyāto — renowned; bhaviṣyati — will be; na — no; saṃśayaḥ — doubt

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.