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Kartikeya 108 Namastotram

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kārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotramm
kārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotramm
(śivarahasyāntargateteīśākhyeya
e)
(viṣṇubrahmādayomādayodevāḥkṛtam)
ṣaṇmukhaḥsumukhastrātāātālekhasenāpatiḥ
ḥprabhuḥbhuḥ||53.2||
śaktihastotodurādharṣo
vītihotrāṅgajogajobalī|
krauñcādrimathanomathanoyogīsubrahmaṇyomaṇyomakheḍitaḥtaḥ||54||
gāṅgeyogeyovaidyuto'moghastārakāntakarotakaroraviḥḥ|
mahāsenodevavaidyaḥyaḥpraṇavārthaprakāśakaḥkāśakaḥ||55||
mahāsenaḥśaravaṇodbhavobhavobhavasuto'naghaḥ|
vināyakānujaḥnāyakānujaḥśrīmānīmānśūrasaṃhārakārakaḥ||56||
senānīrdurdurorovīrogarbhoviśvapatiḥkaviḥḥ|
gururharihayaḥhayaḥśāstāta
āśarāsanakaraḥśarī||57||
vyāpako'nantaśaktiḥsukumāraḥprojjvalāṅgakaḥgakaḥ|
vīrābāhurgaṇādhyakṣastryakṣaprītoītoviśāradaḥśāradaḥ||58||
kāntaḥta
ḥśāntota
ojitārātirumākāntātmajo'paraḥmajo'paraḥ|
vallīpatirjitārātiḥkukkuṭottamaketanaḥtamaketanaḥ||59||
śivaliṅgārcanaprītoītogandhapuṣpādyalaṅkṛtaḥtaḥ|
mukuṭīcāṅgadīgadīcakrīgadīśaṅkhīkhīśikhīkhījaṭī||60||
sanātanaparastārastārakastārakāntakṛtta
kṛt|
saṃvartoyauvanī(?) vīrobālolīlāvinodakṛtnodakṛt||61||
prasannākṣaḥnākṣaḥpaṅkajākṣaḥkajākṣaḥśambaraḥbaraḥśambarapriyaḥyaḥ|
supallavaḥlavaḥśivovodhanvīvīkhaḍgakheṭadharaḥgakheṭadharaḥstutaḥtutaḥ||62||
kārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotramm
viśvapriyo'nantaśaktiḥsurādhyakṣoya
kṣodurāsadaḥ|
pramodomodomeghadamanaḥśakrapūjyaḥyaḥśatakratuḥtuḥ||63||
kṛttikāsūnuramalaḥkāsūnuramalaḥkṛttivāsaḥpriyoyovirāṭrāṭ|
svāhāpriyaḥyaḥkārtikeyokeyoharaṇovegavattaraḥtaraḥ||64||
svarṇavarṇaḥpāribhadrastāmrastāraṇakārakaḥtāraṇakārakaḥ|
supuṣkaramahāmāloka
ramahāmālolalitāṅgaḥgaḥsurāvanaḥ||65||
yaśaskaro'maraparoka
ro'maraparogītavāntatpriyo'rtihāhā(tattvapriyo'rtihāhā? ) |
vīrabhadramahāgarvastambhanastatparaḥparaḥsakhā||66||
nirañjanojanonirādhāraḥrādhāraḥśakrasenāpatirvaṭuḥṭuḥ|
brahmacārīmacārīgiricaraḥcaraḥsarparūporūpodurāsadaḥ||67||
ṣaṣṭhīprītaḥītaḥkumāraścaca
smarasmerāsyasundaraḥdaraḥ|
vijñānadaḥjñānadaḥśivovojñānīśivabhaktaśiromaṇiḥ||68||
||iti
śivarahasyāntargatetekārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotraṃsampūrṇamm||
- ||śrīśivarahasyamyam|īśākhyaḥya
ḥdvādaśamāṃśaḥvādaśamāṃśaḥ|adhyāyaḥyāyaḥ21kumārasambhavaḥbha
vaḥ|53-68||
 ā brahmāmā, ṣṅu viṣṇuṇu -s devāḥ Kā kārtikeyakeya
 Tā ā tārakāsura.
Kā Ś āṣṭ āmā ḥkārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmāvaliḥḥ Kā Ś āṣṭ ā
kārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotramm .
kārtikeyaśatāṣṭanāmastotramm

About this namavali — Subrahmanya

A Namavali is a litany of the divine names of a deity — 108 or 1008 epithets, each revealing a different quality or legend. Chanting the names with "Om" before each and "Namah" after is a complete puja in itself, traditionally performed with flowers or akshata offered at the feet of the deity with every name.

How to chant

Keep a small bowl of flowers or rice grains beside the deity. With each name, offer a single flower or a pinch of grains while chanting. Move steadily through the list without rushing — the offering of attention matters more than the offering itself.

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