𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦 𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 ।
𑌯𑍋𑌗𑍀𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍋 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌸𑍇𑌨𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌃 ।
𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌃 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌃 𑌸𑍇𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍀 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌃 ॥ 1 ॥
𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌚𑍂𑌡𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍀 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌜𑌃 ।
𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌰𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌃 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍗𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌷𑌡𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌃 ॥ 2 ॥
𑌶𑌬𑍍𑌦𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌃 𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍋 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌃 ।
𑌸𑌨𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍋 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌫𑌲𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌃 ॥ 3 ॥
𑌶𑌰𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌗𑌣𑌾𑌧𑍀𑌶𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍋 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌗𑌮𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑍇𑌤𑌾 𑌚 𑌵𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌨𑌃 ॥ 4 ॥
𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌮𑌦𑍀𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌠𑍇𑌤𑍍 ।
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌷𑍇 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌯𑌾 𑌯𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍋 𑌮𑍂𑌕𑍋 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍 ॥ 5 ॥
𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌮 𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌮𑍍 ।
𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌮𑌵𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌾 ॥ 6 ॥
𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌲𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥
Roman (IAST) Transliteration
skanda uvāca |
yogīśvaro mahāsenaḥ kārtikeyo'gninandanaḥ |
skandaḥ kumāraḥ senānīḥ svāmī śaṅkarasambhavaḥ || 1 ||
gāṅgeyastāmracūḍaśca brahmacārī śikhidhvajaḥ |
tārakārirumāputraḥ krauñcāriśca ṣaḍānanaḥ || 2 ||
śabdabrahmasamudraśca siddhaḥ sārasvato guhaḥ |
sanatkumāro bhagavān bhogamokṣaphalapradaḥ || 3 ||
śarajanmā gaṇādhīśapūrvajo muktimārgakṛt |
sarvāgamapraṇetā ca vāñchitārthapradarśanaḥ || 4 ||
aṣṭāviṃśatināmāni madīyānīti yaḥ paṭhet |
pratyūṣe śraddhayā yukto mūko vācaspatirbhavet || 5 ||
mahāmantramayānīti mama nāmānukīrtanam |
mahāprajñāmavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 6 ||
iti śrīrudrayāmale prajñāvivardhanākhyaṃ śrīmatkārtikeyastotram ||
Sanskrit — Devanagari (original)
स्कन्द उवाच ।
योगीश्वरो महासेनः कार्तिकेयोऽग्निनन्दनः ।
स्कन्दः कुमारः सेनानीः स्वामी शङ्करसम्भवः ॥ 1 ॥
गाङ्गेयस्ताम्रचूडश्च ब्रह्मचारी शिखिध्वजः ।
तारकारिरुमापुत्रः क्रौञ्चारिश्च षडाननः ॥ 2 ॥
शब्दब्रह्मसमुद्रश्च सिद्धः सारस्वतो गुहः ।
सनत्कुमारो भगवान् भोगमोक्षफलप्रदः ॥ 3 ॥
शरजन्मा गणाधीशपूर्वजो मुक्तिमार्गकृत् ।
सर्वागमप्रणेता च वाञ्छितार्थप्रदर्शनः ॥ 4 ॥
अष्टाविंशतिनामानि मदीयानीति यः पठेत् ।
प्रत्यूषे श्रद्धया युक्तो मूको वाचस्पतिर्भवेत् ॥ 5 ॥
महामन्त्रमयानीति मम नामानुकीर्तनम् ।
महाप्रज्ञामवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ 6 ॥
इति श्रीरुद्रयामले प्रज्ञाविवर्धनाख्यं श्रीमत्कार्तिकेयस्तोत्रम् ॥
skanda uvāca |
yogīśvaro mahāsenaḥ kārtikeyo'gninandanaḥ |
skandaḥ kumāraḥ senānīḥ svāmī śaṅkarasambhavaḥ || 1 ||
gāṅgeyastāmracūḍaśca brahmacārī śikhidhvajaḥ |
tārakārirumāputraḥ krauñcāriśca ṣaḍānanaḥ || 2 ||
śabdabrahmasamudraśca siddhaḥ sārasvato guhaḥ |
sanatkumāro bhagavān bhogamokṣaphalapradaḥ || 3 ||
śarajanmā gaṇādhīśapūrvajo muktimārgakṛt |
sarvāgamapraṇetā ca vāñchitārthapradarśanaḥ || 4 ||
aṣṭāviṃśatināmāni madīyānīti yaḥ paṭhet |
pratyūṣe śraddhayā yukto mūko vācaspatirbhavet || 5 ||
mahāmantramayānīti mama nāmānukīrtanam |
mahāprajñāmavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 6 ||
iti śrīrudrayāmale prajñāvivardhanākhyaṃ śrīmatkārtikeyastotram ||
🕉️ This is the original Sanskrit rendered in Grantha script.
Pronunciation is identical to the Sanskrit Devanagari version.