BG 10.24
पुरोधसां च मुख्यं मां विद्धि पार्थ बृहस्पतिम् ।
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥
सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥
purodhasāṁ ca mukhyaṁ māṁ
viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim
senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ
sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ
viddhi pārtha bṛhaspatim
senānīnām ahaṁ skandaḥ
sarasām asmi sāgaraḥ
Word-for-word meanings
pārtha — O son of Pṛthā; viddhi — know; mām — Me; bṛhaspatim — as Bṛhaspati; mukhyam — the foremost; purodhasām — of the priests; senānīnām — of the army leaders; aham — I [am]; skandaḥ — Kārttikeya [the son of Śiva]; ca — and; sarasām — of all reservoirs of water; asmi — I am; sāgaraḥ — the ocean.
Translation
O Pārtha, know Me to be Bṛhaspati, the foremost among the priests; of army leaders, I am Skanda; and among reservoirs of water, I am the ocean.