पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् ।
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥ २४ ॥
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥ २४ ॥
purodhasāṃ ca mukhyaṃ māṃ viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim .
senānīnāmahaṃ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ .. 24 ..
And of the household priests of Kings, O son of Pṛthā, know Me the chief one, Bṛhaspati; of generals I am Skanda, of lakes I am the Ocean.
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Bṛhaspati is the chief of priests, because he is the house-hold priest of Indra. Skanda is the general of the Gods. Of the natural—i.e., made by the Gods—reservoirs, I am the Ocean.