It was there that the commander-in-chief of the gods named Kumara, in his younger days, disregarding the three worlds with all the inhabitants, threw down his dart, piercing the Earth therewith. Throwing down his dart, Skanda, addressing the universe, said, If there be any person who is superior to me in might, or who holds Brahmanas to be dearer, or who can equal me in devotion to the Brahmanas and the Vedas, or who is endued with energy like me, let him draw up this dart or at least shake it!-Hearing this challenge, the three worlds became stricken with anxiety, and all creatures asked one another, saying-who will raise this dart?