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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.27

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: seeing him blazing amid the birth-flow, they also call him Skanda because he has oozed forth, skanna

1.36.27

skanda ity abruvan devāḥ skannaṃ garbhaparisravāt
kārtikeyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kākutsthajvalanopamam

“Skanda!” the gods called him — the illustrious Kārtikeya, O Kākutstha, who resembled fire — because he had oozed forth (skanna) from the birth-flow.

Words: skanda — Skanda; ity — thus; abruvan — they called, said; devāḥ — the gods; skannaṃ — oozed forth, spilt; garbhaparisravāt — from the birth-flow; kārtikeyaṃ — Kārtikeya; mahābhāgaṃ — the illustrious, fortunate; kākutsthajvalanopamam — O Kākutstha, (him) resembling fire

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.