The Names of Skanda

Verse 1 (3.233.1)

भगवञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि नामानि च महात्मनः । त्रिषु लोकेषु यान्यस्य विख्यातानि द्विजोत्तम ॥

bhagavañśrotumicchāmi nāmāni ca mahātmanaḥ | triṣu lokeṣu yānyasya vikhyātāni dvijottama

Blessed one, I wish to hear the names of that great-souled one which are renowned in the three worlds, O best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Corrected तरिषु → त्रिषु (misprint in Wikisource; "in the three", as the appendix reads triṣu). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 1–2.

Verse 2 (3.233.2)

इत्युक्तः पाण्डवेयेन महात्मा ऋषिसन्निधौ । उवाच भगवांस्तत्र मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः ॥

ityuktaḥ pāṇḍaveyena mahātmā ṛṣisannidhau | uvāca bhagavāṃstatra mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ

Asked thus by the son of Pandu in the presence of the sages, the blessed and great-souled Markandeya, rich in austerity, spoke there:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 3–4.

Verse 3 (3.233.3)

आग्नेयश्चैव स्कन्दश्च दीप्तकीर्तिरनामयः । मयूरकेतुर्धर्मात्मा भूतेशो महिषार्दनः ॥

āgneyaścaiva skandaśca dīptakīrtiranāmayaḥ | mayūraketurdharmātmā bhūteśo mahiṣārdanaḥ

Agneya (son of Agni) and Skanda, Diptakirti (of blazing fame), Anamaya (free from sickness); Mayuraketu (whose banner is the peacock), Dharmatma (the righteous), Bhutesha (lord of beings), Mahishardana (crusher of Mahisha);

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Corrected आगेयश्चैव → आग्नेयश्चैव and स्कनदश्च → स्कन्दश्च (misprints in Wikisource; broken conjuncts, as the appendix's āgneyaś and skandaś). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 5–6.

Verse 4 (3.233.4)

कामजित्कामदः कान्तः सत्यवाग्भुवनेश्वरः । शिशुः शीघ्रः शुचिश्चण्डो दीप्तवर्णः शुभाननः ॥

kāmajitkāmadaḥ kāntaḥ satyavāgbhuvaneśvaraḥ | śiśuḥ śīghraḥ śuciścaṇḍo dīptavarṇaḥ śubhānanaḥ

Kamajit (conqueror of desire), Kamada (giver of what is desired), Kanta (the lovely), Satyavak (true of speech), Bhuvaneshvara (lord of the worlds); Shishu (the child), Shighra (the swift), Shuchi (the pure), Chanda (the fierce), Diptavarna (of blazing colour), Shubhanana (fair-faced);

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 7–8.

Verse 5 (3.233.5)

अमोघस्त्वनघो रौद्रः प्रियश्चन्द्राननस्तथा । दीप्तशक्तिः प्रशान्तात्मा भद्रकुक्कुटमोहनः ॥

amoghastvanagho raudraḥ priyaścandrānanastathā | dīptaśaktiḥ praśāntātmā bhadrakukkuṭamohanaḥ

Amogha (the unfailing), Anagha (the sinless), Raudra (the fierce, Rudra's own), Priya (the beloved), Chandranana (moon-faced); Diptashakti (of the blazing spear), Prashantatma (of tranquil spirit), Bhadra (the auspicious), Kukkutamohana (who delights in the cock);

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Corrected नद्रकुक्कुटमोहनः → भद्रकुक्कुटमोहनः (misprint in Wikisource; नद्र is not a word, and the appendix has bhadra- here, reading bhadrakṛt kūṭamohanaḥ; the reading kept is the smallest fix and is uncertain). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 9–10.

Verse 6 (3.233.6)

षष्ठीप्रियश्च धर्मात्मा पवित्रो मातृवत्सलः । कन्याभर्ता विभक्तश्च स्वाहेयो रेवतीसुतः ॥

ṣaṣṭhīpriyaśca dharmātmā pavitro mātṛvatsalaḥ | kanyābhartā vibhaktaśca svāheyo revatīsutaḥ

Shashthipriya (dear to Shashthi), Dharmatma (the righteous), Pavitra (the purifier), Matrivatsala (loving to the Mothers); Kanyabharta (husband of the maiden), Vibhakta (who divided himself), Svaheya (son of Svaha), Revatisuta (son of Revati);

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 11–12.

Verse 7 (3.233.7)

प्रभुर्नेता विशाखश्च नैगमेयः सुदुश्चरः । सुव्रतो ललितश्चैवबालक्रीडनकप्रियः ॥

prabhurnetā viśākhaśca naigameyaḥ suduścaraḥ | suvrato lalitaścaivabālakrīḍanakapriyaḥ

Prabhu (the lord), Neta (the leader), Vishakha, Naigameya, Sudushchara (of vows hard to keep); Suvrata (of good vows), Lalita (the graceful), and Balakridanakapriya (fond of children's toys);

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 13–14.

Verse 8 (3.233.8)

खचारी ब्रह्मचारी च शूरः शरवणोद्भवः । विश्वामित्रप्रियश्चैव देवसेनाप्रियस्तथा । वासुदेवप्रियश्चैव प्रियः प्रियकृदेव तु ॥

khacārī brahmacārī ca śūraḥ śaravaṇodbhavaḥ | viśvāmitrapriyaścaiva devasenāpriyastathā | vāsudevapriyaścaiva priyaḥ priyakṛdeva tu

Khachari (who moves through the sky), Brahmachari (the celibate), Shura (the hero), Sharavanodbhava (born in the reed-bed); Vishvamitrapriya (dear to Vishvamitra), Devasenapriya (beloved of Devasena); Vasudevapriya (dear to Vasudeva), Priya (the beloved), and Priyakrit (who does what pleases).

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Wikisource tags the third line "3-232-8c", a typo for 3-233-8c: the line belongs to this list of names, and the appendix has it in this place (line 17), so it is kept. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 15–17.

Verse 9 (3.233.9)

नामान्येतानि दिव्यानि कार्तिकेयस्य यः पठेत् । स्वर्गं कीर्तिं धनं चैव स लभेन्नात्र संशयः ॥

nāmānyetāni divyāni kārtikeyasya yaḥ paṭhet | svargaṃ kīrtiṃ dhanaṃ caiva sa labhennātra saṃśayaḥ

Whoever recites these divine names of Karttikeya gains heaven, fame and wealth; of this there is no doubt.

Note on the text: Speaker: Markandeya, whose speech verse 2 introduces, recites the names (Wikisource carries on वैशंपायन from verse 2). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 18–19.

Verse 10 (3.233.10)

स्तोष्यामि देवैर्ऋषिभिश्च जुष्टं । शक्त्या गुहंनामभिरप्रमेयम् । षडाननं शक्तिधरं सुवीरं । निबोध चैतानि कुरुप्रवीर ॥

stoṣyāmi devairṛṣibhiśca juṣṭaṃ | śaktyā guhaṃnāmabhiraprameyam | ṣaḍānanaṃ śaktidharaṃ suvīraṃ | nibodha caitāni kurupravīra

With all my power I will praise, by his names, Guha the immeasurable, whom the gods and sages worship, the six-faced bearer of the spear, the great hero. Learn these names, O foremost of the Kurus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 20–23.

Verse 11 (3.233.11)

ब्रह्मण्यो वै ब्रह्मजो ब्रह्मविच्च । ब्रह्मेशयो ब्रह्मवतांवरिष्ठः । ब्रह्मप्रियो ब्राह्मणसर्वमन्त्री । त्वं ब्रह्मणां ब्राह्मणानांच नेता ॥

brahmaṇyo vai brahmajo brahmavicca | brahmeśayo brahmavatāṃvariṣṭhaḥ | brahmapriyo brāhmaṇasarvamantrī | tvaṃ brahmaṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃca netā

You are devoted to the brahmins, born of Brahman, knower of Brahman; you rest in Brahman, the best of those who possess Brahman; dear to Brahman, the counsellor of all the brahmins; you are the leader of the priests and of the brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रहमजो → ब्रह्मजो (misprint in Wikisource; "born of Brahman", as the appendix's brahmajo). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 24–27. ब्राह्मणसर्वमन्त्री for the appendix's brāhmaṇasavratī tvaṃ (which the Wikisource commentary also knows as a reading), and the fourth line's wording, are recension variants.

Verse 12 (3.233.12)

स्वाहा स्वधा त्वंपरमं पवित्रं । मन्त्रस्तुतस्त्वंप्रथितः षडर्चिः । संवत्सरस्त्वमृतवश्च षड्वै । मासार्धमासाश्चदिनं दिशश्च ॥

svāhā svadhā tvaṃparamaṃ pavitraṃ | mantrastutastvaṃprathitaḥ ṣaḍarciḥ | saṃvatsarastvamṛtavaśca ṣaḍvai | māsārdhamāsāścadinaṃ diśaśca

You are Svaha and Svadha, the supreme purifier; praised in mantras, you are renowned as the six-flamed one. You are the year and the six seasons, the months and half-months, the day and the directions.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 28–31.

Verse 13 (3.233.13)

त्वंपुष्कराक्षस्त्वरविन्दवक्त्रः । सहस्रचक्षोऽसि सहस्रबाहुः । त्वं लोकपालः परमं हविश्च । त्वं भावनः सर्वसुरासुराणाम् ॥

tvaṃpuṣkarākṣastvaravindavaktraḥ | sahasracakṣo'si sahasrabāhuḥ | tvaṃ lokapālaḥ paramaṃ haviśca | tvaṃ bhāvanaḥ sarvasurāsurāṇām

You are lotus-eyed and lotus-faced; you are thousand-eyed and thousand-armed. You are the guardian of the world and the supreme oblation; you sustain all the gods and asuras.

Note on the text: Corrected अरविन्दवक्रः → अरविन्दवक्त्रः (misprint in Wikisource; "lotus-faced", as the appendix's aravindavaktraḥ) and restored the missing avagraha in सहस्रचक्षोऽसि (the appendix reads sahasravaktro 'si, a recension variant). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 32–35.

Verse 14 (3.233.14)

त्वमेव सेनाधिपतिः प्रचण्डः । प्रभुर्विभुश्चाप्यथ शक्रजेता । सहस्रपात्त्वं धरणी त्वमेव । सहस्रतुष्टिश्च सहस्रभुक्च ॥

tvameva senādhipatiḥ pracaṇḍaḥ | prabhurvibhuścāpyatha śakrajetā | sahasrapāttvaṃ dharaṇī tvameva | sahasratuṣṭiśca sahasrabhukca

You alone are the fierce commander of the army, the lord, the all-pervading one, the conqueror of Shakra. You are thousand-footed, you are the earth itself; a thousandfold is your contentment, and you enjoy a thousand offerings.

Note on the text: Corrected सहस्रभुक्व → सहस्रभुक्च (misprint in Wikisource; "and the enjoyer of a thousand", as the appendix's sahasrabhuk ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 36–39. शक्रजेता and सहस्रपात् for the appendix's śatrujetā and sahasrabhūs are recension variants.

Verse 15 (3.233.15)

सहस्रशीर्षस्त्वमनन्तरूपः । सहस्रपात्त्वंदशशक्तिधारी । गङ्गासुतस्त्वं स्वमतेन देव । स्वाहामहीकृत्तिकानां तथैव ॥

sahasraśīrṣastvamanantarūpaḥ | sahasrapāttvaṃdaśaśaktidhārī | gaṅgāsutastvaṃ svamatena deva | svāhāmahīkṛttikānāṃ tathaiva

You are thousand-headed, of endless forms; you are thousand-footed, bearer of the ten powers. By your own will, O god, you are the son of Ganga, and likewise of Svaha, of the Earth and of the Krittikas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 40–43. दशशक्तिधारी for the appendix's guha śaktidhārī is a recension variant.

Verse 16 (3.233.16)

त्वं क्रीडसे षण्मुख कुक्कुटेन । यथेष्टनानाविधकामरूपी । दीक्षाऽसि सोमो मरुतः सदैव । धर्मोऽसि वायुरचलेन्द्र इन्द्रः ॥

tvaṃ krīḍase ṣaṇmukha kukkuṭena | yatheṣṭanānāvidhakāmarūpī | dīkṣā'si somo marutaḥ sadaiva | dharmo'si vāyuracalendra indraḥ

You play with a cock, O six-faced one, taking many forms at will as you please. You are consecration, you are Soma and the Maruts for ever; you are Dharma, Vayu, the king of mountains and Indra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 44–47.

Verse 17 (3.233.17)

सनातनानामपि शाश्वतस्त्वं । प्रभुः प्रभूणामपि चोग्रधन्वा । ऋतस्य कर्ता दितिजान्तकस्त्वं । जेता रिपूणां प्रवरः सुराणाम् ॥

sanātanānāmapi śāśvatastvaṃ | prabhuḥ prabhūṇāmapi cogradhanvā | ṛtasya kartā ditijāntakastvaṃ | jetā ripūṇāṃ pravaraḥ surāṇām

Of the eternal you are the everlasting; you are the lord of lords and the wielder of the fierce bow. You are the maker of cosmic order, the slayer of the sons of Diti, the conqueror of foes, the foremost of the gods.

Note on the text: Corrected जता → जेता (misprint in Wikisource; "conqueror", as the appendix's jetā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 48–51.

Verse 18 (3.233.18)

सूक्ष्मं तपस्तत्परमं त्वमेव । परावरज्ञोऽसि परावरस्त्वम् । धर्मस्य कामस्य परस्य चैव । त्वत्तेजसा कृत्स्नमिदं महात्मन् ॥

sūkṣmaṃ tapastatparamaṃ tvameva | parāvarajño'si parāvarastvam | dharmasya kāmasya parasya caiva | tvattejasā kṛtsnamidaṃ mahātman

You alone are subtle austerity, the supreme; you know the high and the low, and you are the high and the low. Yours are dharma, desire and what lies beyond them. By your radiance, great-souled one, this whole

Note on the text: Corrected कत्स्नम् → कृत्स्नम् (misprint in Wikisource; "whole", as the appendix's kṛtsnam) and restored the missing avagraha in परावरज्ञोऽसि (the appendix's parāvarajño 'si). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 52–55.

Verse 19 (3.233.19)

व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वसुरप्रवीर । शक्त्या मया संस्तुत लोकनाथ । नमोऽस्तु ते द्वादशनेत्रबाहो । अतः परं वेद्मि गतिं न तेऽहम् ॥

vyāptaṃ jagatsarvasurapravīra | śaktyā mayā saṃstuta lokanātha | namo'stu te dvādaśanetrabāho | ataḥ paraṃ vedmi gatiṃ na te'ham

world is pervaded, O hero among all the gods. I have praised you as best I could, lord of the world. Homage to you, of twelve eyes and twelve arms! Beyond this I do not know your ways.

Note on the text: Restored the missing avagraha (नमोस्तु → नमोऽस्तु; the appendix's namo 'stu). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 56–59.

Verse 20 (3.233.20)

स्कन्दस्य य इदं विप्रः पठेज्जन्म समाहितः । श्रावयेद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यः शृणुयाद्वा द्विजेरितम् ॥

skandasya ya idaṃ vipraḥ paṭhejjanma samāhitaḥ | śrāvayedbrāhmaṇebhyo yaḥ śṛṇuyādvā dvijeritam

The brahmin who reads this birth of Skanda with a collected mind, who recites it to brahmins, or who hears it spoken by the twice-born,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 60–61.

Verse 21 (3.233.21)

धनमायुर्यशो दीप्तं पुत्राञ्शत्रुजयं तथा । स पुष्टितुष्टी संप्राप्य स्कन्दसालोक्यमाप्नुयात् ॥

dhanamāyuryaśo dīptaṃ putrāñśatrujayaṃ tathā | sa puṣṭituṣṭī saṃprāpya skandasālokyamāpnuyāt

gains wealth, long life, fame and radiance, sons and victory over his enemies; and having won prosperity and contentment, he reaches the world of Skanda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.22 (after 3.221.80), lines 62–63.