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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
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.
TRANSLATION
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 Angirā.
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तस्या अनुदिनं गर्भः शुक्लपक्ष इवोदुपः ।
ववृषे शूरसेनेशतेजसा शनकैर्नृप ॥३१॥
tasyā anudinam garbhaḥ śukla-pakṣa ivodupaḥ vavṛdhe śūraseneśa- tejasā śanakair nṛpa
tasyāḥ —her;  anudinam —day after day;  garbhaḥ —embryo;  śukla-pakṣe —during the fortnight of the waxing moon;  iva —like;  udupaḥ —the moon;  vavṛdhe —gradually developed;  śūrasena-īśa —of the King of Śūrasena;  tejasā —by the semen;  śanakaiḥ —little by little;  nṛpa —O King Parikṣit.
TRANSLATION
After receiving semen from Mahārāja Citraketu, the King of Śūrasena, Queen Kṛtadyuti gradually developed in her pregnancy, O King Parikṣit, just as the moon develops during the bright fortnight.
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अथ काल उपावृत्ते कुमारः समजायत ।
जनयन् शूरसेनानां शृण्वतां परमां मुदम् ॥३२॥