Thursday 25 September 2014

Names of Skanda from Mahabharata

Names of Skanda 
Ch-230, Vana Parva, Mahabharata, Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text by Kisari Mohan Ganguli.

Yudhishthira said, "O good and adorable Brahmana, I wish to know the different names of that high-souled being, by which he is celebrated throughout the three worlds."

Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed by the Pandava in that assembly of Rishis, the worshipful Markandeya of high ascetic merit replied, ‘

  1. Agneya (Son of Agni),
  2. Skanda (Cast-off),
  3. Diptakirti (Of blazing fame),
  4. Anamaya (Always hale),
  5. Mayuraketu (Peacock-bannered),
  6. Dharmatman (The virtuous-souled),
  7. Bhutesa (The lord of all creatures),
  8. Mahishardana (The slayer of Mahisha),
  9. Kamajit (The subjugator of desires),
  10. Kamada (The fulfiller of desires),
  11. Kanta (The handsome),
  12. Satyavak (The truthful in speech),
  13. Bhuvaneswara (The lord of the universe),
  14. Sisu (The child),
  15. Sighra (The quick),
  16. Suchi (The pure),
  17. Chanda (The fiery),
  18. Diptavarna (The bright-complexioned),
  19. Subhanana (Of beautiful face),
  20. Amogha (Incapable of being baffled),
  21. Anagha (The sinless),
  22. Rudra (The terrible),
  23. Priya (The favourite),
  24. Chandranana (Of face like the moon),
  25. Dipta-sasti (The wielder of the blazing lance),
  26. Prasantatman (Of tranquil soul),
  27. Bhadrakrit (The doer of good),
  28. Kutamahana (The chamber of even the wicked),
  29. Shashthipriya (True favourite of Shashthi),
  30. Pavitra (The holy),
  31. Matrivatsala (The reverencer of his mother),
  32. Kanya-bhartri (The protector of virgins),
  33. Vibhakta (Diffused over the universe),
  34. Swaheya (The son of Swaha),
  35. Revatisuta (The child of Revati),
  36. Prabhu (The Lord),
  37. Neta (The leader),
  38. Visakha (Reared up by Visakha),
  39. Naigameya (Sprang from the Veda),
  40. Suduschara (Difficult of propitiation),
  41. Suvrata (Of excellent vows),
  42. Lalita (The beautiful),
  43. Valakridanaka-priya (Fond of toys),
  44. Khacharin (The ranger of skies),
  45. Brahmacharin (The chaste),
  46. Sura (The brave),
  47. Saravanodbhava (Born in a forest of heath),
  48. Viswamitra priya (The favourite of Viswamitra),
  49. Devasena-priya (The lover of Devasena),
  50. Vasudeva-priya (The beloved of Vasudeva),
  51. and Priya-krit (The doer of agreeable things).

--these are the divine names of Kartikeya. Whoever repeateth them, undoubtedly secureth fame, wealth, and salvation."


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