sā - she; api - even; tat-prāśanāt - by eating the remnants of food from the great sacrifice; eva - indeed; citraketoḥ - from King Citraketu; adhārayat - bore; garbham - pregnancy; kṛtadyutiḥ - Queen Kṛtadyuti; devī - the goddess; kṛttikā - Kṛttikā; agneḥ - from Agni; iva - as; ātma-jam - a son.

As Kṛttikādevī, after receiving the semen of Lord Śiva from Agni, conceived a child named Skanda [Kārttikeya], Kṛtadyuti, having received semen from Citraketu, became pregnant after eating remnants of food from the yajña performed by Aṅgirā.