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Kartikeya Trishati

Kartikeya Trishati

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Devotional text

śrīkumāratriśatīśatī
śrīkumāratriśatīśatī
śatruñjayatriśatīśatī
oṃasyaśrīkumāratriśatīmahāmantrasyamārkaṇḍeyaḍeyaṛṣiḥḥ|
anuṣṭupchandaḥ|kumāraṣaṇmukhomukhodevatā|kumāraiti
bījam|
śākhaiti
śaktiḥ|viśākhaśākhaiti
kīlakam|nejameṣaityargalamlam|
kārtikeyakeyaiti
kavacam|ṣaṇmukhamukhaiti
dhyānamānam||
dhyānamānam-
dhyāyetāyetṣaṇmukhamindukoṭisadṛśaṃśaṃratnaprabhāśobhitaṃtaṃ
bālārkadyutiṣaṭkirīṭavilasatlasatkeyūrahārānvitam
tam|
karṇālambitakuṇḍalapravilasadgaṇḍasthalāśobhitaṃtaṃ
kāñcīkaṅkaṇakiṅkiṇīravayutaṃṇīravayutaṃśa‍ṛṅgārasārodayamārasārodayam||
dhyāyedīpsitasiddhidaṃdaṃbhavasutaṃśrīdvādaśākṣaṃguhaṃ
kheṭaṃkukkuṭamaṅkuśaṃśaṃcavaradaṃpāśaṃdhanuścakrakamkam|
vajraṃśaktimasiṃcaśūlamabhayaṃdorbhirdhṛtaṃtaṃṣaṇmukhaṃmukhaṃ
devaṃcitramayūravāhanagataṃmayūravāhanagataṃcitrāmbarālaṅkṛtamtam||
oṃarindamaḥmaḥkumāraśca
guhasskandomahābalaḥ|
rudrapriyoyomahābāhurāgneyaścamaheśvaraḥraḥ||1||
rudrasutosutogaṇādhyakṣaḥugrabāhurguhāśrayaḥyaḥ|
śarajovīrahāugrolohitākṣaḥsulocanaḥ||2||
mayūravāhanaḥśreṣṭhaḥśatrujicchatrunāśanaḥunāśanaḥ|
ṣaṣṭhīpriya
umāputraḥḥkārtikeyokeyobhayānakaḥ||3||
śaktipāṇirmaheṣvāsoāsomahāsenaḥsanātanaḥ|
subrahmaṇyoyoviśākhaścabrahmaṇyoyobrāhmaṇapriyaḥyaḥ||4||
nejameṣomahāvīraḥśākhodhūrtoraṇapriyaḥyaḥ|
śrīkumāratriśatīśatī
corācāryo
vihartācasthaviraḥraḥsumanoharaḥ||5||
praṇavoṇavodevaseneśodakṣodarpaṇaśobhitaḥtaḥ|
bālarūpopobrahmagarbhobhīmo(50) bhīmaparākramaḥmaḥ||6||
śrīmānīmānśiṣṭaḥśuciḥḥśīghraḥśāśvataḥtaḥśikhivāhanaḥvāhanaḥ|
bāhuleyoleyobṛhadbāhurbaliṣṭhobalavānbalī
lī|
ekavīromahāmānyaḥ
ḥsumedhāroganāśanaḥ|
raktāmbaroromahāmāyībahurūpopogaṇeśvaraḥraḥ||8||
iṣuhasto
omahādhanvī
īkrauñcabhidaghanāśakaḥdaghanāśakaḥ|bhiccāghanāśakaḥāghanāśakaḥ( )
bālagrahohobṛhadrūpoūpomahāśaktirmahādyutiḥ||9||
ugravīryomahāmanyuḥ
uḥrucirororudrasambhavaḥvaḥ|
bhadraśākhośākhomahāpuṇyoyomahotsāhaḥ
āhaḥkalādharaḥ||10||
nandikeśapriyoyodevolalitotolokanāyakaḥ|
vidvattamomovirodhighnoviśokośokovajradhārakaḥdhārakaḥ||11||
śrīkaraḥīkaraḥsumanāḥsūkṣmaḥsughoṣaḥsukhadaḥsuhṛtt(100) |
vahnijanmāharidvarṇaḥsenānīrevatīpriyaḥyaḥ||12||
ratnārcīrañjanonovīroviśiṣṭaḥśubhalakṣaṇaḥṇaḥ|
arkapuṣpārcitaḥtaḥśuddhovṛddhikāgaṇasevitaḥtaḥ||13||
kuṅkumāṅgomahāvegaḥkūṭasthaḥ
ḥkukkuṭadhvajaḥjaḥ|
svāhāpriyoyograhādhyakṣaḥpiśācagaṇasevitaḥtaḥ||14||
mahottamomomahāmukhyaḥ
ḥśūromahiṣamardanaḥnaḥ|
vaijayantī
īmahāvīryo
devasimho
odṛḍhavrataḥtaḥ||15||
ratnāṅgadadharodadharodivyoraktamālyānulepanaḥānulepanaḥ|
duḥsahoḥsahodurlabhobhodīptogajārūḍhoḍhomahātapaḥ||16||
yaśasvīvimalomalovāgmīmīmukhamaṇḍīḍīsusevitaḥtaḥ|
kāntiyuktovaṣaṭkāroāromedhāvīmekhalīmahāna||17||
netāniyatakalyāṇoāṇodhanyodhuryodhṛtavrataḥtaḥ(150) |
pavitraḥpuṣṭidaḥdaḥpūrtiḥpiṅgalaḥlaḥpuṣṭivardhanaḥnaḥ||18||
manoharomahājyotiḥḥpradiṣṭomahiṣāntakaḥkaḥ|
śrīkumāratriśatīśatī
ṣaṇmukhomukhoharaputraścamantragarbhovasupradaḥdaḥ||19||
variṣṭhovaradovedyovicitrāṅgovirocanaḥrocanaḥ|
vibudhāgracarocarovettāviśvajittviśvapālakaḥpālakaḥ||20||
phaladomatidodomālīmuktāmālāvibhūṣaṇaḥbhūṣaṇaḥ|
munistutoutoviśālākṣonadīsutaśca
vīryavānvān||21||
śakrapriyaḥyaḥsukeśaśca
puṇyakīrtiranāmayaḥranāmayaḥ|
vīrabāhuḥḥsuvīryaśca
svāmīāmībālagrahānvitaḥtaḥ||22||
raṇaśūraḥsuṣeṇaśca
khaṭvāṅgīkhaḍgadhārakaḥdhārakaḥ|
raṇasvāmīāmīmahopāyaḥśvetachatraḥpurātanaḥ||23||
dānavāriḥḥkṛtīkāmīśatrughno(200) gaganecaraḥ|
sulabhaḥsiddhidaḥdaḥsaumyaḥsarvajñaḥsarvatomukhaḥtomukhaḥ||24||
asihastovinītātmāsuvīroviśvatomukhaḥtomukhaḥ|
daṇḍāyudhīḍāyudhīmahādaṇḍaḥḍaḥsukumārohiraṇmayaḥmayaḥ||25||
ṣāṇmāturomāturojitāmitrojayadaḥpūtanānvitaḥ
taḥ|
janapriyoyomahāghorojitadaityojayapradaḥdaḥ||26||
bālapālogaṇādhīśobālaroganivārakaḥvārakaḥ|
jayījitendriyoyojaitrojagatpāloālojagatprabhuḥbhuḥ||27||
jaitrarathaḥrathaḥpraśāntaścasarvajiddaityasūdanaḥsūdanaḥ|
śobhanaḥsumukhaḥśāntaḥkaviḥḥsomojitāhavaḥtāhavaḥ||28||
maruttamomobṛhadbhānurbṛhatsenoenobahupradaḥdaḥ|
sudṛśyoyodevasenānīḥtārakārirguṇārṇavaḥ
vaḥ||29||
mātṛguptoomahāghoṣo(250) bhavasūnuḥkṛpākaraḥ|
ghoraghuṣyoobṛhaddyumnodhanurhastaḥsuvardhanaḥnaḥ||30||
kāmapradaḥdaḥsuśipraścabahukārokāromahājavaḥ|
goptātrātātā(260) dhanurdhārīrīmātṛcakranivāsinaḥ
naḥ||31||
ṣaḍaśriśaḥśaḥṣaḍaraṣaṭkoodvādaśākṣodviṣaḍbhujaḥjaḥ|
ṣaḍakṣaraḥraḥṣaḍarciścaṣaḍaṅgaḥṣaḍanīkavat||32||
śrīkumāratriśatīśatī
śarvaḥsanatkumāraścasadyojātojātomahāmuniḥḥ|
raktavarṇaḥśiśuścaṇḍoḍohemacūḍaḥsukhapradaḥdaḥ||33||
suhetiraṅganā''śliṣṭomātṛkāgaṇasevitaḥtaḥ|
bhūtapatirgatātaṅkoonīlacūḍakavāhanaḥ||34||
vacadbhūrudrabhūścaivaivajagadbhūḥūḥbrahmabhūḥbhūḥtathā|
bhuvadbhūrviśvabhūścaivaivamantramūrtirmahāmanuḥhāmanuḥ||
vāsudevapriyaścaiva
aivaprahlādabalasūdanaḥādabalasūdanaḥ|
kṣetrapālopālobṛhadbhāsoāsobṛhaddevo'riñjayaḥyaḥ(301) ||36||
iti
śrīkumāratriśatīśatīsamāptāā|

About this stotram — Subrahmanya

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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